FAA Proposes Remote ID Tracking for Drones

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) – also known as drones – will be equipped with Remote Identification (“Remote ID”) technology under a 319-page proposal published on December 26, 2019 by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Remote ID technology would emit a particular signal that would enable a registered drone to be tracked.…

Drone Usage Grows as UPS Gets Expanded FAA Approval

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded UPS a full Part 135 Standard certification to operate a drone airline on Friday, September 27, according to a news release issued by the delivery company. A spokesperson for “UPS Flight Forward,” the UPS drone subsidiary, explained that the certificate allows it to expand its delivery service in large…

New U.S. General Aviation Rules Proposed

The ‘‘PLANE Act of 2019,’’ short for “Promoting the Launch of Aviation’s Next Era Act of 2019’’ (S.2198), was introduced in the U.S. Senate on July 22 by U.S. Senators James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) and Angus King (I-Maine). Actions within the general aviation industry promoted as part of the PLANE Act include the following: Enhance legal…