AMA IN ACTION Advocating for Members

As reported by National Public Radio… “Americans are suspicious of drones. Reports of the unmanned aerial vehicles’ use in war zones have raised concerns about what they might do here at home. For instance, in Seattle earlier this year, a public outcry forced the police department to abandon plans for […]

UAH Students’ Octocopter An Aerial Option For Storm Surveys “The perspective gained with aerial surveillance has become an integral part of weather service analysis after the storm. ‘Especially when we’re dealing with larger tornadoes, more violent tornadoes with longer tracks because it gives us a bigger, a better perspective of the […]

Navy Funded, ADS-B based Autonomous, Sense and Avoid-With Pilot Overide Successfully Demonstrated… Two Navy Tiger Shark UAS, with Piccolo autopilots, and AWSAS R3’s All Weather Sense and Avoid System, successfully conducted autonomous avoidance maneuvers over five days. The tests also demonstrate AWSAS as “middle ware” using different airframes, autopilots and […]

AMA engaging with communities about responsible and safe UAS practices On April 25, 2013 AMA facilitated a meeting with the Ball State University (BSU) Department of Journalism and the Delaware County Emergency Management Agency (DCEMA). The meeting was focused on the integration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into journalism curriculum […]

AMA PRESS RELEASE State-level legislation being considered in more than 30 states has the potential to negatively impact and curtail a recreational activity that has existed harmoniously in our communities for more than a hundred years. Legislation aimed at restricting the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to protect privacy […]

As reported by the Roswell Flight Test Crew… During today’s Senate Judiciary Committee work session, “Senator Floyd Prozanski announced that Oregon Senate Bill 71 is dead.” “Moving forward, these issues will be dealt with in House Bill 2710… In short, HB2710 deals exclusively with the use of drones by law […]

As AMA Chartered Club #326, the Chesapeake Bay Radio Control Club near Crownsville, MD was organized and has been in continuous operation since the mid-nineteen-fifties. Throughout the years, members of the CBRC club have participated in virtually every aspect of radio control modeling. The experience and modeling expertise gained over the […]

On Thursday, April 11th, Idaho Governor “Butch” Otter signed into law new legislation restricting the use of unmanned aircraft (drones) within the state making Idaho the second state to enact ‘Drone” legislation. It is also the first state to create legislation excluding “model flying airplanes” from the definition of “unmanned aircraft”. The new law […]

Wednesday, 3/27, the New Hampshire House voted 278-8 to table HB 619, effectively killing the legislation forbidding the use of aerial drones in New Hampshire except by government officials with “credible evidence” that there is a high risk of a terrorist attack. It will now take a two-thirds majority vote […]

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) recently released its report on the legal issues surrounding the “Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace”. The report discusses the legal aspects of airspace authority, property rights, trespass, nuisance and personal privacy. The CRS also addressed past and present case law as it relates to […]