Drones and National Security: The Regulatory Landscape
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The military conflicts in Ukraine and Israel have highlighted the role that small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) might play in future conflicts. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024 (the...more
Despite the fact that the initiative of December 2022 to allow cabotage is on pause in the Mexican Congress, on March 28, 2023 President López Obrador introduced a new initiative that was published in the parliamentary...more
A pesar de que la primera iniciativa de diciembre 2022 para permitir el cabotaje se encuentra en pausa en el Congreso de la Unión, el pasado 28 de marzo de 2023 se publicó en la gaceta parlamentaria una nueva iniciativa del...more
The answer is, most likely, yes. There are many reasons people track private aircraft – because they are aviation enthusiasts, to snag a lead on a news story, to gain market intelligence on a competitor, or to leverage money...more
Key Points - - Replacing the owner trustee of a US-registered aircraft that is on lease requires submitting a new application to register that aircraft. - Submitting the application to reregister the aircraft restricts...more
Two New York drone companies, AX Enterprize and Thales USA, were awarded a $7.75 million grant from the U.S. Air Force Research Lab to develop state-of-the-art air traffic management (ATM) systems to would allow civilian and...more
On Oct. 5, 2018, President Trump signed into law the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-254), which reauthorizes funding of the FAA through Sept. 30, 2023. This is the first long-term FAA reauthorization since...more
Cleared for Landing highlights significant developments and issues relating to aviation law and asset finance globally and is published jointly by our Aviation Industry and Banking & Asset Finance practice groups. This...more
On October 12, 2017, a drone collided with a commercial aircraft while it was approaching Jean Lesage International Airport, in Quebec City. This is the first time that a drone has hit a commercial plane in Canada, according...more
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released new guidance on obstructions, updating builders and developers on the requirements for marking and lighting any structure that may impact the National Airspace System (NAS),...more
In a marked change in longtime Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) policy regarding analysis of noise and air quality impacts from FAA initiated, directed or funded projects, FAA has substituted a single new model for the...more
The only thing outpacing the Federal Aviation Administration’s rapid development of guidelines and regulations governing unmanned aircraft systems (also known as drones) is the list of industries seeking to use those systems...more