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The Federal Aviation Administration has responded to Disney’s request for an exemption under Section 333, permitting the company’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for theme park entertainment. After a period of time soliciting comments from the public — 12 in all, most decidedly against granting Disney the exemption
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Remotely piloted aircraft systems, more commonly known as drones, need to be registered with the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji before being flown. This is part of the message being sent out to the public through the CAAF's public awareness campaign on the potential danger and safety measures
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The National Telecommunications & Information Administration released Thursday a list of voluntary privacy best practices for commercial and non-commercial drone users, in the wake of concerns that drones could encroach on individual privacy and open a new front in the collection of personal data for commercial use. The privacy guidance,
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has just posted a large database showing the city, state and zip code of each registered drone owner. Release of the database responds to a number of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted since the new unmanned aircraft registration system began operating on December
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding the part of its Pathfinder Program that focuses on detecting and identifying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying too close to airports. The FAA has signed Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRDAs) with Gryphon Sensors, Liteye Systems Inc. and Sensofusion. The FAA will evaluate
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The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has banned people from operating “Unmanned Air Systems”, or drones, in Qatar’s airspace without its permission. In an advertisement published in the newspapers yesterday, the CAA noted that Law Number 11 of 2002 prohibits unauthorised use of “automated or Remotely Piloted Air Vehicles
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Dave Mathewson, executive director of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), which is the world’s largest community-based organization whose members fly model aircraft for recreational and educational purposes, has released the following statement on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) new broad-based advisory committee and the agency’s
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The FAA has just published this synopsis of it various UAS initiatives. Drone Advisory Council (DAC) The purpose of the FAA's newly announced UAS Advisory Committee is to provide an open venue for FAA and key decision makers supporting the safe introduction of unmanned aircraft systems into the
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The US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unmanned aircraft systems integration office has cautioned state and local government legislators in America against creating a patchwork of rules and regulations relating to the operation of drones. Because UAVs are defined by law as aircraft, the FAA’s rules for operating in
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Speaking today at the AUVSI annual conference in New Orleans, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced the agency is establishing a broad-based advisory committee that will provide advice on key unmanned aircraft integration issues. He also announced plans to make it easier for students to fly unmanned aircraft as part of
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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a “bandwidth problem” when it comes to implementing new aviation regulations and needs more money and more people, according to the department’s unmanned aircraft systems integration office. “The regulatory bandwidth is very, very narrow,” says Jim Williams. “The FAA is allowed 15
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On 25 April 2016, the Royal Decree of 10 April 2016 “concerning the use of remote controlled aircrafts in the Belgian airspace” entered into force. This new legislation regulates both the private and professional use of “unmanned aircraft systems”. It contains a number of air traffic rules to be complied