U.S. Approves Commercial Drone Flights Over Populated Areas With Tracking December 29, 2020 By Alan Levin Commercial drone use for deliveries and services cleared a major hurdle in the U.S. with new rules allowing the devices...
Alphabet Has High Hopes for Its Drone Traffic Control App OpenSky July 16, 2019 By Alan Levin The company that brought you free digital maps and email wants to do the same thing for your drone. Wing...
Accidents Could Ground Drone Industry, House Committee Chair Warns February 11, 2019 By David Shepardson The commercial drone industry could be torpedoed if there were a serious accident involving a drone and a commercial aircraft,...
Calls for Regulation of Hobbyist Drones Follow Latest Close Encounter Report February 14, 2018 By Alan Levin A video from a drone that flew within feet of an airliner over Las Vegas and prompted outrage on the...
Drone Maker DJI Offers Operator ID Framework March 29, 2017 The world’s largest maker of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), China’s DJI, has proposed an electronic identification framework for UAS that...
Reported Drone Flying Violations Up 46% February 24, 2017 Reports of drone safety violations continued to increase during 2016. There were 1,274 reports from February through September last year,...
Case Testing FAA Authority to Regulate Drones Advances July 21, 2016 By Alan Levin The father and son who posted videos of drones firing a handgun and incinerating a Thanksgiving turkey with a flame-thrower...
FAA Creates Drone Advisory Panel, Lifts Barrier to Education May 9, 2016 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is establishing a broad-based advisory committee to provide advice on key unmanned aircraft integration issues....
Pilots: Don’t Underestimate Safety Threat Posed by Drones April 7, 2016 By Justin Bachman You’re landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on the “expressway” approach—it’s called that because you come in low enough to...
Senate Bill Would Require Testing Drone Operators on Rules of the Sky March 10, 2016 By Alan Levin All U.S. drone operators would for the first time have to prove they understand aviation regulations under broad legislation introduced...