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FAA announcement for sUAS met with industry excitement
Diana Marina Cooper
21 Jun 2016
This morning, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the highly anticipated rules governing the operation of small UAS (sUAS) for commercial purposes. The new rules are scheduled to take...
Visiting with local hobbyists on DC Drone Day
By Dan Gettinger
On May 7, 2016, a group of model aircraft hobbyists gathered at Walt Good Field in Boyds, Maryland to celebrate the D.C. Drone Day. The small airfield, situated some 22 miles outsi...
Register your drone. It’s the law.
Frank Tobe
16 Dec 2015
The FAA has ruled that everyone who flies a drone must register. Since an estimated 700,000 drones are expected to be sold in the U.S. for the holiday gift-giving season, the registration process is s...
Drone registration Task Force makes 11 key recommendations
Frank Tobe
24 Nov 2015
After the Task Force agreed that it was outside the scope of their objectives to debate or discuss the DOT Secretary’s decision to require registration, they undertook to develop and recommend a re...
What we know about the FAA’s new drone registration requirement, and what we don’t
Hallie Siegel
30 Oct 2015
Following informal reports on Friday, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) officially announced yesterday the creation of a task force that will guide the development of a registration proce...
