For Law Enforcement, Super Bowl Security Took Center Stage
…drones within a 32-mile radius of the stadium. Additionally, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) required that all passengers on Game Day pack their items within a specified-sized clear,…
Regulatory News: Year in Review
…recreational drone use has caused aviation regulators worldwide to face the new dangers drones can pose to the public. In Chile, the civil aviation regulator recently responded to this growing…
Regulatory Year in Review: 2015
…December 30, 2015 Featuring News essays by The Regulatory Review staff, including: “Recreational Drones Present Enforcement Issues for FAA” by Kim Kirschenbaum; “Expanding U.S. Aquaculture to the Open Ocean” by…
Scholar Faults State Efforts to Regulate Police Drones
…known as the Fourth Amendment Protection Act, would impose a two year moratorium on most government uses of drones in the state. Supporters of the bill argue that drones have…
Recreational Drones Present Enforcement Issues for FAA
…which Congress enacted to facilitate the integration of drones into U.S. airspace, curbed the FAA’s authority over recreational drones by prohibiting the agency from issuing any regulations on them. The…
New Regulation Emerges for Drone Use in Chile
…use of drones weighing less than 13.3 pounds. Under the new rule, only drones registered with the DGAC will be allowed to fly. The rule requires drone operators to get…
Commercial Drones in the Skies by 2017
…to drone operators prior to a drone’s use. This restriction has prevented the wide-scale implementation of drones for business purposes, particularly because the FAA has granted only seven percent of…
Congress Considers Restricting the Use of Unmanned Aerial Aircraft
…drones into U.S. airspace. A number of states are considering their own legislation to limit how drones can be used for law enforcement purposes within their border. For example, Virginia…