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Homeland Security

FAA Seeks Input On Reducing Safety, Security Risks Of Small Drones In Airspace

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

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FAA Seeks Input On Reducing Safety, Security Risks Of Small Drones In Airspace

Quadcopter drone that can be purchased commercially by anyone.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday issued a draft rulemaking proposal seeking feedback from the public on ways to limit the public safety and national security risks of operating small drones in the national airspace. The advance notice of proposed rulemaking is another step by the FAA to improve the integration of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)--defined as weighing less than 55 pounds—into the national airspace, permissions that were granted in August 2016 under an agency rule known as Part…

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