The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has just released a 55-page report containing a series of recommendation for improving the FAA’s integration of drones into the National Airspace System (NAS). In
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“We Know Who You Are….” Remote Identification of Drones is Here!!
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The FAA’s remote identification rules for unmanned aircraft (Remote ID) are back on track. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has just rejected the…
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Thank you for attending the latest in our ongoing Aviation Webinar Series, “Cybersecurity in the Aviation Industry.”
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For the first time, a federal grand jury has indicted an individual for the crime for shooting down a drone with a gun. Recently, the United States Attorney’s office for…
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At Long Last….New UAS Rules are Effective!!
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The new unmanned aircraft rules regarding remote identification and flight over persons are finally in effect, as of April 21, 2021. The final versions of these rules were released by…
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A Change Afoot??
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Over the past six years, there has been growing support in Congress for stripping the Federal Aviation Administration of some of its authority over the lower levels of the national…
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UAS Rules in a (Short) Holding Pattern
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UAS Certification . . . . The Rule-Making Process Progresses
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True integration of unmanned aircraft into the National Airspace System will only come when advanced designs finally receive type certification. The FAA has clearly been working on certification issues behind…
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GAO Weighs in on Drones
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Back in 2018, the Congress tasked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) with studying the role that state and local governments should play in the regulation of unmanned aircraft and…
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Drones and Bilaterals: Switzerland First and then the World
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A growing number of nations have been successfully, but slowly, pushing both the technological and regulatory boundaries of advanced UAS operations. These national pilot programs have taken the first steps…
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