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Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Aviation Subcommittee announced the introduction of the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act (H.R. 4441). The AIRR Act is a six-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). While the proposed reforms to air traffic control garnered the most attention
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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a technical opinion on the future of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the skies over the European Union (EU), dividing them into three classes, and issuing 27 recommendations for their safe operation in EU airspace. This opinion is a technical one and
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The US Government has issued an Invitation to the Unmanned Aircraft Industry for Review and Comment Period on Edition 1 of NATO Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4703 Light Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Airworthiness Requirements. The NATO STANAG 4703 CST is seeking points of contact (POC) from U.S. UAS Unmanned Aircraft
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The Trinidad Ministry of National Security is clamping down on the use of aerial drones being operated by people to record personal and public events. The Ministry has also advised against the use of laser lights, which can interfere with a pilot’s ability to land an aircraft safely. Owners
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The Federal Aviation Administration is launching a new public service announcement to let people know the airspace around Levi’s Stadium is a No Drone Zone during the Super Bowl. Temporary Flight Restrictions will prohibit certain aircraft operations, including unmanned aircraft operations, within a 32-mile radius of the stadium in
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The Bahamas Ministry of Transport and Aviation has reminded the public that regulations governing the operation of drones took effect from February 1st. The conditions regulating the use of unmanned aircraft systems are outlined in special regulation number one of the Civil Aviation Department’s Safety Regulations. This regulates both
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Data from 2016-state-uas-legislation.silk.co The Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) has been tracking all active legislation pertaining to unmanned systems. This year, to provide the best information to its members, legislators, regulators and the media, AUVSI has organized data on all unmanned systems-related state legislation into a
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A drone came within a whisker of crashing into an airliner just 2,000ft above the Houses of Parliament, according to a new report. The unmanned craft was just 20m from the short haul jet, with up to 76 passengers aboard, as it passed down the left hand side. There
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The Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC) in the Indian state of Karnataka is coming out with a strategy to utilise Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) technology in the sectors of town planning, crop and forest survey, pollution monitoring, civic operations among others, specific to the State. The KKC has constituted a study
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Nearly 300,000 owners have registered their small unmanned aircraft in the first 30 days after the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) online registration system went live. Owners who registered in the first month received a refund for the $5 application fee. “I am pleased the public responded to our
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Two men charged with flying drones near an airport and hospital heliports in Los Angeles could be looking at fines and jail time. City Attorney Mike Feuer announced on January 20th that his office has filed two criminal cases against drone operators, the first under the City’s new ordinance
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Before airplanes and drones existed, people owned everything above and below their land—according to the law, their rights extended “to the heavens and down to hell.” But modern aviation changed this definition in a big way. In the early 20th century Congress declared the air a public highway, which