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FREE WEBINAR
UAS Operations and the
Section 333 Exemption Process:
What Has Changed, And How Can
You Take Advantage Of It?
April 21, 2015
1:30 – 2:30 pm EST
RSVP HERE!
Summary exemptions? Blanket COAs? Expedited timetables? There have been major changes in the Section 333 exemption process. As a result of these changes, the FAA more than doubled the number of certificated UAS operators in just two weeks.
Despite what you may have heard, however, the FAA did not give blanket authority to anyone who wants to fly. There is still an exemption process, and all commercial operators still need specific authorization from the FAA to fly legally. More ›
Haste Makes Progress
Over the past two and a half weeks, more than 75 Petitions for Exemption have been granted. This means that in a 17-day period, the number of authorized commercial UAS operators in the United States has nearly tripled.
As a result of this effort, for the first time, the backlog of petitions is actually decreasing. In fact, some of the most recent petitions were pending for 120 days or less, which was the goal originally set by the FAA last summer when the Exemption process was opened up to UAS operators.
How has this been done? The answer is "Summary Grant of Exemption." More ›
UAS Webinar - So You Want to Be in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Business: One Year Later
June 11, 2015 - 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
NTSB Conference Center
420 L'Enfant Plaza 10th Street S.W.
Washington, DC 20594
On June 26, 2014, McKenna Long & Aldridge convened its first UAS Symposium. Attended by over 200 registrants, we now find ourselves one year later. The Federal Aviation Administration has been accepting and acting on exemption petitions, civil/commercial UAS operation have begun and the FAA has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing an entirely new regulatory regime for the civil/commercial UAS industry.
This Symposium will, one year later, address where we are and where we're going. In addition to the following, subjects, you will hear from experts from the FAA, the NTSB, the UAS industry and the legal profession on not only how to get into the commercial UAS business, but what to expect in the next 12 to 18 months. More ›