According to AUVSI, the legislation’s Senate passage is a “critical milestone” for advancing the commercial and civil drone industry.
According to AUVSI, the legislation’s Senate passage is a “critical milestone” for advancing the commercial and civil drone industry.
The Obama administration’s office of management and budget has released a statement regarding the Senate’s proposed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill, H.R.636, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016, which includes provisions related to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The bill [Read More]
The U.S. Senate has approved an amendment authored by Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., to ensure greater public- and private-sector coordination of research and policy development for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the mission of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Center of [Read More]
U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., have introduced an amendment, 3492, to the proposed Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act (H.R.636) that would ensure operators of critical infrastructure are able to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Last month, [Read More]
According to the Small UAV Coalition, the bill includes several amendments that represent major steps toward widespread drone integration.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., is highlighting the importance of the proposed reauthorization – in the Senate’s FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016 – of the six Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-designated test sites for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). As a member [Read More]
For the upcoming Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is pushing for an extension of the six FAA-designated unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test sites. According to Schumer, the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) [Read More]
Air Bears, a volunteer search-and-rescue (SAR) organization based in St. Paul, Minn., is voicing its strong support of the micro unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) amendment recently added to the proposed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization. On its website, Air Bears [Read More]
Noting the potential for newsgathering operations, the Newspaper Association of America (NAA), National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) have voiced their support of the recently approved micro unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) classification in the [Read More]
U.S. Reps. John Katko, R-N.Y.-24, and Richard Hanna, R-N.Y.-22, both members of the House’s committee on transportation and infrastructure, are touting the benefits to the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test sites of the recently proposed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization. [Read More]
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