FAA Docket 2019-1038 Type Certification of UAS as a special class of aircraft under 14CFR21.17(b) M Mullen comments, page 1 of 2 I request the FAA define the intended certification types, methods, and timeline more thoroughly before making a ruling on Type Certification. The widely-varying types and uses of UAS make one blanket type ofContinue reading “My Response the FAA NPRM for UAS Type Certification”
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Evaluating the Remote ID Proposal: Stakeholders & Interests
Before evaluating the FAA’s proposed rules for Remote ID (& Tracking), FAA docket number 2020-1100, we must consider the stakeholders, their interests, and their influence. Some of the stakeholders were represented in the 2017 FAA Aviation Rule-making Committee (ARC) for Remote ID and Tracking (of UAS). They were law enforcement, national security, large corporations, commercialContinue reading “Evaluating the Remote ID Proposal: Stakeholders & Interests”
Commercial Drone Alliance: Champions of Progress?
In this second part of the CDA blog, I answer (or attempt to answer) the second half of the question initially posed: CDA – Bully or Boon? In the previous post, I examined how the CDA appears to be a bully, in pushing their agenda and pushing recreational UAS (RUAS) from the skies. In thisContinue reading “Commercial Drone Alliance: Champions of Progress?”
The Commercial Drone Alliance – Bully or Beneficial?
The CDA (Commercial Drone Alliance) is a group that (in their own words) “advocate for the commercial use of drones by reducing barriers to enable this game-changing technology.” The rest of their mission statement and goals can be found on their website (commercialdronealliance.org), but the first sentence is a big enough chunk to digest, forContinue reading “The Commercial Drone Alliance – Bully or Beneficial?”
FAA: Closing the New View on the World
“Those rascals are smoking dope…or think we are”.
A Brave New Drone World 