The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and drone community leaders met in Washington, D.C.on February 27th. to continue an important dialogue on drone integration topics. Continue reading
Category Archives: Regulatory Matters
New Members Join FAA Drone Advisory Committee
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has appointed two new members to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). Continue reading
NASA and Collins Aerospace Advance Technology for Safe Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in NAS
The Command Non-Payload Control (CNPC) flight test control room is the center of activity for all CNPC flight testing, which has included multiple aircraft and a variety of radio and antenna configurations
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., is entering the final stages of a nine-year project with NASA to enable unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to operate safely in the National Airspace System (NAS). Continue reading
AMA Launches Government Advocacy Coalition
A new coalition has launched to protect the model aviation hobby industry, starting with the fight for a better rule on remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
Iris Automation Gets First BVLOS Waiver In South Africa
Iris Automation announced that customer United Drone Holdings (UDH) has been granted the first BVLOS flight approval by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) to conduct long-range commercial flights with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Continue reading
New Licensing Rules in Kenya
Drone operators will no longer be required to get approval from the Department of Defence and permits will be issued based on security risk instead of weight and use, a revised draft regulation states. Continue reading
Herbicide Application via Drone Still on Hold in Canada
Custom applicators and farmers looking to use drones to apply herbicides to crops in Canada are still in a holding pattern. Continue reading
Vodafone Wants SIM Cards in Drones
Vodafone UK is calling for commercial and public sector drones to be fitted with SIM cards to give them cellular network connectivity. Continue reading