Municipal, state, and federal regulations have a significant impact not only how and where drones can be used but on how the drone industry evolves.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday issued itsfirst formal rulesfor commercial drone use, making it easier to deploy drones for uses such asutility inspectionsor agriculture. Previously, drone operations requiredspecial FAA permission. The regulations, however, include limitations -- suc...
If the rules would prevent only one fatality by using a small drone instead of a tower climber, the $9.2 million saved - the amount the government says is the economic value of a single life - would exceed the entire cost of the regulations to society, according to the document. The ana...
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"These final rules carefully address safety, security and privacy concerns while advancing opportunities for innovation and utilization of drone technology," said US Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao in a press release. Remote ID is a must for all drones over the half-pound weight limit....
“The proposed rule also includes extensive discussion of the possibility of an additional, more flexible framework for ‘micro’ UAS under 4.4 pounds,” according to theFAA’s press release about the proposed rules.The agency notes that these proposed rules for UAS would not apply t...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) haspublishedfinal rules forPart 107 drone operations(drones used for commercial work). The rules specify the need for Remote ID and also loosen the rules around flying over people at night. ...
These changing and evolving drone laws to the original Part 107 seem to be preparing the industry for even more comprehensive set of laws that would allow for the full integration of manned and unmanned aircraft in controlled airspace. We may still be a few years away from full integration bu...
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The FAA is planning to craft rules this year to make it easier to identify drones and their pilots, its acting deputy administrator said.