Legal

Part 107: The New Way to Fly and Shoot — Commercially

Up until recently, the main way to meet the FAA requirements for using a drone for commercial purposes (or, in the latest parlance from the faa, “non-model” UAS flying) was Read More

NTIA Puts Out Voluntary Best Practices on UAS Use Privacy

A Presidentially-driven process to create “best practices” related to drone use as it relates to “privacy, accountability, and transparency issues” has, after 15 months, come to a conclusion. A “consensus Read More

Drone Camera Close-Call at Ski Event

A Learning Lesson for All: A camera-flying UAS (drone) crashed into the snow close behind a skier on a slalom run at a World Cup competition event in Italy Read More

$1.9 Million Civil Penalty Proposed Against Drone Operator

The FAA has just filed what appears to be the first significant enforcement action since the FAA started issuing commercial drone flight authorizations based on grants of exemptions of Federal Read More