Proposed Mississippi drone laws are extremely problematic for the drone industry – and the Drone Service Providers Alliance (DSP) is calling on all operators in the state to educate themselves and their representatives. If passed, the bills currently in committee could significantly impact Mississippi drone owners: and set dangerous precedents …
Read More »The FAA is Catching Up From the Government Shutdown: New Res…
Matthew G. Bisanz [CC BY-SA 3.0] After the recent government shutdown, the FAA seems to be making up for lost time. In the past 3 days, the agency has made 3 announcements concerning drone regulations. On February 13, the FAA announced a major change to the registration marking rule. At …
Read More »FAA Reauthorization, Explained: Part 3, Privacy
The new proposed FAA Reauthorization package has been made public. It’s wordy, complex, and confusing – and the headlines haven’t made understanding what’s inside easier. There are several points of critical importance for the drone industry to understand. The proposed Repeal of Section 336, the Integration Pilot Program, the “Safeguarding …
Read More »Senate Committee Complains About Spending for Drone Integrat…
The Senate Appropriations Committee authorized the fiscal 2019 Transportation-HUD spending invoice by a unanimous vote: however criticized the Department of Transportation for diverting Department funds to pay for the UAS Integration Pilot Program. The Senate invoice rejected most of the Trump Administration’s solutions, together with funding for many areas that …
Read More »FAA and AUVSI Announce Registration Live for 3rd Annual FAA …
If you’ve ever wished to talk to somebody from the FAA nose to nose, right here is your probability. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) have introduced that registration is dwell for the 3rd annual FAA UAS Symposium. The Symposium presents a …
Read More »The LAANC Solution and Government Committees: Who Benefits?
One factor that everybody can agree upon is that there’s been so much occurring within the drone trade in the previous few weeks. One of the massive information items has been the introduction of the LAANC (Low Altitude Airspace Notification Capability) system in a restricted kind. The LAANC system might …
Read More »The Senate Hearing on Drone Integration
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hosted the listening to, entitled “Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Innovation, Integration, Successes, and Challenges,” this morning. Chairman Thune launched the listening to, setting a optimistic tone in the direction of rushing up drone integration and dealing towards incorporating helps for integration within the everlasting FAA …
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