Drone Laws

Recent news demonstrates Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ continued pursuit of using drones (UAS ) for package delivery. Today Politico ran a story that Amazon had hired DC firm Akin Gump to work on federal advocacy with regard to testing and operation of UAS.  Amazon, with annual revenues in excess of 75 billion

Our law firm’s experience exhibiting at the 2014 AUVSI conference last week was a very positive one. As we had hoped, our attendance and personal meetings with folks from the insurance industry and FAA proved invaluable.  Here are some of the take-home lessons for those wishing to profitably enter the commercial drone

Antonelli Law will be exhibiting next week at the 2014  AUVSI Unmanned Systems Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida. Our attorneys will be present at Booth 151 as we learn about the  newest drone/UAS systems in the world, attend technical sessions, and hear featured speakers. With a commercial airline pilot and unmanned aircraft

In our February 25 2014 post, “One Idea to Hasten Autonomous Drone Acceptance” I mentioned a discussion I had with airline pilot and attorney Kate Fletcher about an article we had both read about drones getting too close to commercial aircraft’s airspace. I wrote: “…what is needed is a technology that prevents

There have been 15 newly introduced bills since our last update. We are nearing 200 introduced bills, including those from current and previous sessions. Since the last survey, Utah enacted 2 bills and there are also bills in Tennessee, Indiana and Washington that await their Governor’s signature. UPDATED Link: State Survey of