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Drones
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It’s That Time of Year Again: How Congress’ Proposed FAA Reauthorization Bills Could Impact the Commercial Drone Industry
In the last few weeks, both houses of Congress have released draft FAA Reauthorization bills to continue FAA funding which runs out this fall. While the House bill’s proposal to…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Drones to Track Adults and Children that Suffer from Alzheimer’s and Autism
While police departments and law enforcement have been using drones for some time now, a police department in southern Minnesota, the Rochester Police Department, has recently acquired a new drone…
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U.S. Senators Introduce the Safe DRONE Act of 2017
Yet another piece of drone legislation is in circulation; the Safe DRONE Act of 2017 was recently introduced by U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner, John Hoeven, Catherine Cortez Masto, and…
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New Statistics Predict Drone Production Will Soar to $73.5 Billion Over Next 10 Years
According to recent studies and statistics, unmanned aerial systems (or drones) promise to have the most dynamic growth of any sector in the aerospace industry. With the ease of airspace…
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The News Media and the Use of Drones: Ethical Use Will Build Trust @UWJournEthics
From the Center for Journalism Ethics, a white paper from Kathleen Bartzen Culver and Megan Duncan, Drones in the Newsroom: Insights Into Audience Opinions and Expectations. Briefly, the authors conclude that the…
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The State of the Drones: Unclear Laws and Anti-Drone Technology
Over the past decade, since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) first permitted the use of drones for commercial and hobbyist purposes, after the 2012 directive of Congress for the FAA…
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NJ Law Restricting Drones Will Have to Be Rewritten
The town of Garfield, New Jersey has introduced new regulations related to hobbyist drone operation—or better yet, the non-operation of drones above residences other than your own, commercial zones, roadways,…
Focus on Regulation
Real-name registration requirement imposed for civilian-use drones in China
By Tazewell Ellett, Lisa Ellman, Gretchen West, Andrew McGinty, Jun Wei, Lu Zhou
Following serious incidents of civilian drones entering the airspace of Chinese airports and causing flight delays last April, China's civil aviation authority has issued the Real-name Registration of Civil Unmanned…
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Air-Traffic Control Systems for Drones Tested in Nevada
As more drones take to the skies in Nevada, which is home to one of only six of the country’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Unmanned Autonomous Systems (UAS) Designated Test…
Construction Law Zone
The Drone Economy in the Construction Industry
Drone data is used in construction (3-D mapping, site surveying), agriculture (crop mapping), energy (solar and wind turbine monitoring), insurance (roof inspections), infrastructure (inspection), communications (damage assessments) and countless other…