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FAA Seeks Input on Reducing Safety, Security Risks of UAS in Airspace

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019

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The Federal Aviation Administration on Jan. 14 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--defined as weighing less than 55-pounds—into the national airspace, permissions that were granted in Aug. 2016 under an agency rule known as Part 107.…

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