The Federal Aviation Administration aims to have an initial version of Remote ID for Drones up and running in 2021. According to documents viewed by Avionics International, the FAA is planning to have a first version of Remote ID for Drones…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced the eight companies that will assist the Federal government in establishing requirements for future suppliers of Remote Identification (Remote ID). Remote ID will enable Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly…
The good people of The Drone U were able to discover something that is not widely known within the Drone Industry. In the United States, commercial drone pilots can deliver packages by drone under their Part 107 Certificate if they…
The Coronavirus has closed federal testing centers across the United States, leaving drone pilots unable to renew their Part 107 Certificates. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released an update to the knowledge exam testing protocols according to Drone U’s most…
Earlier this week in a statement, the U.S. Attorney General William Barr points at ‘new threat from drones to national security. New guidance was issued to Justice Department agencies on the use of protective measures against unmanned aircraft, including the…
Here’s an interesting story. A mysterious drone tells New Yorkers to keep a social distance, but it is not an official NYPD drone. No, this is a drone from the ‘Anti-COVID-19 volunteer drone task force’, which seems to be a…
Here’s another great article about ZIpline and the fact that this drone company is ready to deploy medical drone deliveries to fight COVID-19 across the United States. It makes you wonder if the FAA will be able to keep up…
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, we have seen the use of drones expand quite dramatically in a number of Countries. For instance in China, Spain, and France local police are using unmanned aircraft to communicate to the public to…
To help fight the rapidly spreading Coronavirus, Zipline will bring its medical drones to the U.S. Until now, the company has been most active in a number of African Countries, most notably in Rwanda where it has successfully completed over…
Here’s a great example of how sometimes a crisis can speed up the application of new technology. In this case, the Coronavirus outbreak forced Swoop Aero employees to move back from various African Countries to their home base in Australia.…
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One of the most debated topics of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) NPRM for Remote ID for Drones is the pilot’s location. DJI recently posted this video on YouTube (see below) explaining how remote identification for unmanned aerial systems (UAS)…
