Regulations
The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday proposed a framework of regulations that would allow routine use of certain small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in today’s aviation system, while maintaining flexibility to accommodate future technological innovations. The FAA proposal offers safety rules for small UAS (under
Regulations
The Federal Aviation Administration has authorized unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to fly in a wide area of North Dakota, a move that will give industry more opportunities for research that could help the agency integrate UAS into the nation’s airspace. Two Certificates of Waiver or Authorization (COAs) awarded to
Commercial
A California-based company is trying to give American homeowners a way to protect their privacy from drones ahead of flight regulations from the federal government. NoFlyZone has launched a global database where private residents can register their property as a no-drone fly area. How it works: residents enter
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The association of Australian Certified UAV Operators (ACUO) is calling for the establishment of a Federal multi-agency working party to look at how Australia can aid South Pacific nations develop appropriate regulatory regimes allowing safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in their skies. The call emerges directly out
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The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) has published a number of new regulations under a notice of authorised amendment (NAA) for Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS). The publication of the regulations marks the end of a 15 month review by an MAA Multi-Disciplinary Team formed from staff across all areas
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A Chinese national was interrogated by police after they seized a drone which he allegedly tried to fly at Chennai's popular Marina beach without permission. Police spotted Qiang Su, 27, business manager at BYD Electronics, Orgadam, flying a drone on Marina Beach at 4 pm. Qiang was having
Commercial
DJI recently an update that added some new safety features, including GPS geofencing that stops the drone flying about near sensitive places: like the White House. However, it has paused the roll-out of the update after a few reports that "unanticipated flight behaviour after updating" to Phantom
Commercial
The Federal Aviation Administration has granted eight more regulatory exemptions for commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations, bringing the total number of exemption grants to 24. The agency has issued new exemptions to Total Safety U.S. Inc. for flare stack inspections, to Slugwear, Inc. (dba LikeonaTree Aerial)
Regulations
Three BBC journalists have been questioned by Swiss police for breaching high-level security protocols by using a drone at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month. The journalists, who are understood to have worked with the BBC’s chief business correspondent Linda Yueh, were briefly detained by Swiss
Commercial
Days after the Chennai police said that it was considering regulation of private use of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), Kolkata Police banned any private use of UAVs or drones in the city. This comes in the wake of a private drone crashing into the White House compound in
Commercial
The Spanish State Aviation Safety Agency, a division of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Ministerio de Fomento) has just published a list of approved UAS operators. The State Aviation Safety Agency , also known by the acronym AESA is a state agency responsible for the safety of civil aviation
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Manufacturer DJI will disable all of its devices within a 15.5-mile radius of downtown Washington D.C., following the crash landing of one its quadcopters in the White House compound on Monday. The company said it would release what it called a mandatory update for its drone operating