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.
FAA Rules on Drones vs. Model Aircraft ContestedDavid F. Carr
If you were thinking that the FAA doesn’t really have a say in what you do with drones, you can kiss that thought goodbye. At the U.S. district court in Connecticut, a federal judge ruled against drone pilot Austin Haughwot and his father Bret in this matter. The Haughwots’ ...
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...
Long-distance drones would bring greater efficiencies and cost-effective strategies to many industries. For example, utilities have been looking at BVLOS drone flights to inspect thousands of miles of power lines and trees, which will help keep the lights on for U.S. consumers and cut businesses...
to FAA regulation. Because FAA rules prohibit the careless or reckless operation of an aircraft, the agency now has the power to implement a blanket ban on unmanned devices if it so chooses–although paradoxically, that kind of flat-footed response is made unlikely by drones’increasing ...
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. ...
The FAA is planning to craft rules this year to make it easier to identify drones and their pilots, its acting deputy administrator said.
Not long after Jeff Bezos revealed plans for Amazon Prime Air service in 2013, the FAA began working on a proposed set of official rules for drones. In April 2015, Misener sent a letter to the FAA on behalf of Amazon, saying, “Overly prescriptive restrictions are likely to have the ...
There will be a 60-day window for the public to comment on the proposed regulation. The FAA is supposed to have regulations for drones in place by September 2015, though the agency isnot expected to meet that deadline. It may takemore than a year before final rules are in ...