The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday proposed a record $1.9 million fine against an aerial photography company, SkyPan International, for flying drones in crowded New York and Chicago airspace without permission.
The Federal Aviation Administration has given aircraft operating in conjunction with the state's Northern Plains Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site permission to fly at night, officials announced last Thursday.
The company's equipment has over 20,000 hours of total flight time. In 2014, Sentera equipment captured 15 million photos, mapped more than 24,000 square miles, logged over 12,000 hours of flight time and managed over 175,000 GB of data.
Southern States Cooperative is hosting an FAA-approved drone demonstration at Grandview Farms in Dunnsville, Virginia on Friday, August 7 from 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
The FAA may not be dragging its heels on commercial drone regulations after all. At a congressional hearing on Wednesday, senior FAA official Michael Whitaker said "the rule will be in place within a year."
The FAA is beta testing a new smartphone app called "B4UFLY," designed to help UAV users know if it is safe and legal to fly in their current or planned location.
The FAA announced this week a new effort to eventually loosen line of sights rules by partnering with organizations to perform test flights. One of the partners is PrecisionHawk.
The AgDrone is capable of flying 800 acres in 1 hour with two sensors onboard: NIR and RGB. Flight time and data processing for a section (640 acres) is approximately 3 hours.
The Federal Aviation Administration has established an interim policy to speed up airspace authorizations for certain commercial unmanned aircraft (UAS) operators who obtain Section 333 exemptions.
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