The Federal Aviation Administration wants to implement new rules that would enable the remote identification and tracking of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones. Under its proposal available for viewing on Federal Register’s website UAVs will be required to broadcast their location and identification info directly from the unmanned aircraft and to transmit the same information […]
From tomorrow, November 30th, it will be illegal to fly a drone weighing over 250g in the UK without being registered. That makes today the deadline for registration. In order to do so, you’ll need to head over to this page on the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) website where you can register for an operator […]
China-based drone maker DJI is passing on the cost of President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs on imported Chinese goods to American buyers. Following the new 15% tariff increase which came into effect at the start of September, DJI has made several alterations to its online catalog and ratcheted up prices of a handful […]
The Federal Aviation Administration would like you to know that drones and weapons are “a dangerous mix.” The government agency sent out a notice “warning” the public “that it is illegal to operate a drone with a dangerous weapon attached.” A dangerous weapon is broadly defined as “any item that is used for, or is […]