FAA News
Growing Drone Risks Evident in Spike of Collisions and Close Calls
Aviation regulators are investigating a flurry of collisions and close calls between consumer drones and aircraft, encounters they say pose significant risks to the flying public. Canadian ...
Spike in Drone Use Places Airlines, Business Jets at Risk: FAA Research
The millions of small civilian drones plying the nation's skies can cause significant damage to airliners and business jets in a midair collision, new research commissioned by the U.S. Federal ...
FAA Seeks ‘Emergency’ Action to Process Drone Permit Backlog; Cites Safety Incidents
Reports of safety incidents involving civilian drones have surged to an average of 250 a month, leading to a federal "emergency" action to approve drone flights in restricted areas, according to a ...
New Drone Regs Leads to Pilot-Licensing Stampede
Thousands of would-be drone pilots are racing to get licensed under new U.S. regulations that have opened an aerial stampede. More than 3,300 have signed up to take the test on Monday, the first day ...
Drone Registrations Top 180,000 in First 2 Weeks
One of the most important players in the booming drone industry isn't a hardware manufacturer; it's the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. So attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last ...
FAA May Ban Rechargeable Lithium Battery Cargo From Passenger Airlines
The risk of unstoppable fires is prompting U.S. officials to back a proposed international ban on rechargeable lithium battery shipments as cargo on passenger airlines. "We believe the risk is ...
Allianz, AIG, Others Start Commercial Drone Insurance Association
Allianz and AIG partnered with a major aviation insurer, a specialized broker and an attorney to launch a new trade association focused on the surging commercial drone industry. The Unmanned Aircraft ...
Insurers to FAA: Include Us In Your Commercial Drone Initiative
The FAA's new partnership with industry to explore the use of commercial drones in newsgathering, agricultural and railroad industries is drawing a cautiously optimistic reaction from the P/C ...