Drone Laws

Antonelli Law UAS client Sky Eye Solutions LLC received approval from the FAA on October 27th to operate the Instant Eye MK-2 GEN3 for aerial utility and infrastructure inspections and precision agriculture. The FAA approved the petition in 122 days. Many have observed the FAA docket and Section 333 exemption process became log-jammed

Antonelli Law UAS client Hover Effect received Section 333 exemption approval from the FAA on October 27th to operate the DJI Phantom 1, DJI Spreading Wings S800, Freefly Cinestar 8, and Freefly Cinestar 8 HL for closed-set motion picture and television production, and real estate. The FAA approved the petition in 122

On October 27 2015 the FAA released a new UAS policy document: N_JO_7210.889_Unmanned_Aircraft_Operations_in_the_NAS We will be analyzing this released document and its likely effects and commenting soon.

FAA Announces Impending Rule: All Drones And Model Aircraft to be Registered Today, the FAA announced that it intends to create a rule effective mid-December 2015 requiring model aircraft and small “drones” to be registered with the agency. Drones are included in the term ‘‘model aircraft’’ which means an unmanned aircraft that