On January 14, 2019, Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would be publishing in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to permit...more
Shortly after President Trump signed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 on October 5, which among other initiatives calls for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop regulations to permit unmanned aircraft...more
On October 5, 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, which funds the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the next five years. In addition to a variety of security and safety...more
On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced the selection of ten proposals from a field of 149 applications submitted jointly by industry and government entities to conduct advanced drone...more
The Federal Aviation Administration promulgated its final rule on small commercial unmanned aircraft systems, called Part 107, on June 21, 2016. It sets forth the operating requirements for small commercial drones (i.e.,...more