Rich Hanson, AMA government and regulatory affairs director, joins fire, law enforcement, emergency management personnel, NASA, the media, and DJI to testify about the proper use of sUAS’s in California. The meeting was held in Sacrament, California on August 18, 2015 at the California Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management […]
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AMA Official Response to the sUAS NPRM
“The Academy believes that the FAA must address and adjudicate the 33,000 plus comments to its interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft and resolve the issues and concerns presented before moving forward in finalizing the small UAS Rule.” Click the Link below to read AMA’s official comments to […]
Continue readingNATIONAL DEFENSE: Industry Rallies Behind Push To Promote Drone Safety
May 2015 By Yasmin Tadjdeh When a DJI Phantom drone crashed into the lawn of the White House in February, it highlighted what some fear may be a trend of unmanned aerial vehicle-related accidents. A number of these incidents have been blamed on reckless operators. In the White House crash, the […]
Continue readingFAA Moves to Summary Grant Process for UAS Petitions
As Reported by Wiley Rein LLP – McBee Strategic Consulting… R. Michael Senkowski, Anna M. Gomez, Katy M. Ross and Sara Luxenberg* April 14, 2015 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has instituted a new “summary grant” process to more expeditiously grant petitions to conduct commercial operations of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) pursuant to Section 333 […]
Continue readingAMA Member Brendan Schulman comments on proposed New York legislation
It is useful to ponder what problem, if any, is trying to be solved by the proposed legislation. If it’s so-called “peeping,” there is already an unlawful surveillance law on the books in Article 250 of the Penal Code, and it is technology-neutral as it should be. If it is […]
Continue readingNational Press Photographers Association (NPPA) request participation in sUAS survey
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has requested that AMA members complete a new survey they have developed to provide valuable information regarding the proposed rules to support public comments to be submitted to the FAA and NTIA. If you are not involved in media-related profession, please select “other” and […]
Continue readingAMA Responds to the FAA’s sUAS NPRM
On February 23, 2015, the FAA published its proposed regulations for small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) as a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). This began a 60-day period during which the public can comment on the proposed regulations. When finalized, the proposed rules would become the safety regulations for operating […]
Continue readingAIRBORNE UNLIMITED: AMA preliminary review of FAA’s NPRM
Airborne 02.19.15: AMA v Part 107 Following a preliminary review of the FAA’s outline for the proposed rules addressing the commercial use of unmanned aircraft, the Academy of Model Aeronautics, known as the AMA, said in a statement that, “…regulations relating to the commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems […]
Continue readingDOT/FAA Announce proposed rule for sUAS
Sunday, February 15 – In a telephonic press conference held today, Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced FAA’s long-awaited proposed regulation for the operation of commercial small unmanned aircraft in the national airspace. As stated in the FAA press release, the “proposal offers safety […]
Continue readingAMA Responds to Multirotor Demonstration on Fox & Friends
On February 4th, during a segment on “Fox and Friends” a quad-copter being flown by an editor from Popular Science magazine was seen flying, uncontrolled, into the morning show’s production crew. AMA believes the demonstration was conducted in an unsafe and irresponsible manner and has sent letters to Fox News […]
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