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On October 31st, the FAA began accepting applications from Part 107 commercial drone operators who want to fly in Class C Airspace. What’s Class C? Think John Wayne Airport in Orange County, CA or Midway Airport in Chicago, rather than LAX or O’Hare which are both Class B. There are more than

USA Today reports that Congress has decided to delay passing the 2016 FAA Reauthorization Bill until July 2016, due to concerns about building a consensus around a number of long-term issues. How this may affect the upcoming commercial drone regulations, called Part 107, is unclear. This delay may make applying for a

The FAA’s requirements for UAS operations near airports are dynamic  and they have recently been changed. You need a Standard COA. The Blanket COA and LOA arrangement of the past will no longer cut it. Since the beginning of the FAA’s “Blanket COA” process, commercial drone operators approved through a Section 333