Drone Laws

Antonelli Law Drone/UAS Practice Group is proud to announce its client Nixon Engineering Solutions has been granted approval for commercial UAV flights pursuant to Section 333 of the 2012 FAA Authorization and Modernization Act in the mining and oil & gas industries. A copy of the FAA Grant of Exemption under Section

Two more Section 333 petitions for exemption were filed by the Antonelli Law Drone/UAS Practice Group on March 30, 2015, bringing the total filed to six, with others pending: Helios Imaging Inc.  Closed-set motion picture and television filming and  construction Volo Pervidi LLC Geospatial analysis If your company would like assistance filing

Recently the Virginia General Assembly passed a number of bills related to privacy and new technology. Among the bills is one requiring police to obtain a warrant before using a drone for surveillance. As technology increases and privacy has the potential to decrease, it is telling that the Virginia General Assembly realizes

Today, the FAA approved five new Section 333 petitions for exemption for sUAS.  This brings the total to 28 US companies and individuals now possessing FAA approval to fly UAS commercially. Capital Aerial Video Chevron  Digital Harvest Picture Factory State Farm If your company would like assistance filing its own Section 333

We have reviewed all 190+ pages of the FAA’s proposed rules for commercial use of drones (“small UAS”). Our review confirms the initial impression we posted on Monday. Overall, the proposed rules are much more flexible and conducive to commercial operations of small UAS (those weighing 55 pounds or less) than most