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FAA: New Drone flight restrictions over Federal Prisons & US Coast Guard Bases

The FAA with cooperation with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced temporary drone flight restrictions...

Senate Hearing: Fed agencies seek to increase counter-drone authority for national security

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing met Wednesday to discuss the emerging threat of small unmanned aircraft...

FAA Modifies Restrictions on Drone Operations over DoD Facilities

In response to recent requests by federal agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is establishing new or modifying existing restrictions...

UAS Integration: Senate hearing & FAA IPP winners

U.S. Senate’s Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety and Security met for a hearing on Tuesday, May 8th, to discuss Unmanned Aircraft...

FAA Pathfinder Report: Guide to Beyond Visual Line of Sight drone operations

PrecisionHawk, an FAA Pathfinder partner, released its report on expanding Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations. The report is the...

House passes FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018

The passing of H.R. 4, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 in the House of Representatives Friday, April 27, 2018, has been met with applause from...

Thales, NASA partner on UAS traffic management (UTM) system

Thales has reached a formal agreement with NASA for a Space Act Agreement to facilitate coordination with NASA and support the agency's unmanned...

Drone almost collides with Coast Guard helicopter over Port Angeles

A routine Coast Guard training exercise nearly ended in a mid-air collision, according to a statement from the Coast Guard’s 13th District. The...

Fourfold increase in commercial drone industry by 2022

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently updated its projected numbers of commercial and recreational drone estimates, and its results...

Will Drones Require Aerial License Plates? Ford Proposes Drone Tracking System

Ford as one of the FAA’s drone symposium panelists may seem unlikely, but given their views on drones and past drone projects, the company considers...

White House Drafting Bill Against Hostile Drones

The White House is drafting legislation that would give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal law enforcement agencies the...

PrecisionHawk Shares BVLOS Drone Flight Research Results

PrecisionHawk shared the final results of its beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) research, conducted on behalf of the Federal Aviation...

Drone suspected of causing helicopter crash near Charleston, SC

The FAA is investigating what may be the first drone-related crash of an aircraft in the United States. A civilian drone may have provoked a...

FAA Investigates Report of a Drone Colliding with Kauai Tour Helicopter

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources are investigating a report that a drone struck a...

FAA: New Drone & Drone Pilot ID Rules to come this year

During the Singapore Airshow last week, a top official of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed that the FAA is planning rules to make...

Flying a drone without pilot license? Go ahead, you may only get a warning

Of course, we are NOT advocating for commercial drone pilots to fly without a proper license. But what message is the FAA sending in the way it’s...

Drone flies within feet of plane landing at Las Vegas McCarran Int’l Airport [VIDEO]

It is unclear when this incident took place, but the FAA is aware of the event. "We became aware of this incident this afternoon, and we are...

Oklahoma Air Force base warns drone owners: Do NOT fly near base

Officials at a northern Oklahoma air force base are asking the public to keep recreational drones away from aircraft after a near collision on a...

FAA gets a new acting administrator as Michael Huerta’s term ends

Huerta became the FAA’s official chief on Jan. 7, 2013. During his term, the agency enjoyed the safest period in airline history, with no fatalities...

FAA Drone Registration Tops One Million

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show that the total number of drones now...

Next deadline for the UAS Integration Pilot Program is approaching

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) UAS Integration Pilot Program has generated enormous amounts of interest in the drone industry. The...

FAA Releases UAS Remote Tracking & ID ARC Report

The 74-member Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Identification and Tracking Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) chartered by the FAA has made its...

FAA released Star Wars-inspired video outlining basic drone rules [VIDEO]

FAA restricts drones over Department of Energy (DOE) facilities

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it will bar drone flights over seven major U.S. nuclear sites including:

President signs bill reinstating the FAA's drone registration requirement

On Tuesday, December 12, 2017, President Trump signed into law: the National Defense Authorization Act. This bill reinstates the Federal Aviation...