This is a media curation page for the PIRatE Lab's AARR Program. We are developing practical, low cost programs to monitor resources in our coastal zone (the land near the ocean and the ocean near the land) with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs aka "drones") overhead and subtidal Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) . Enjoy!!
As of 6am on November 1, the Maria Fire has grown to 8,300 acres with zero percent containment, having and entered some oil fields at night. Two drones wer
PIRatE Labs insight:
Drone comments on the Maria Fire are at 1:45 in the video
Everyone included in the 54,978 as of 9/1/17 (besides the Part 61 wildcard, aka data collection shortcoming) would have needed to take the recurrent knowledge test to be current. As of 9/9/19, only 14,219 RPC holders have taken the test, so 40,759 are not legally in a position to operate sUAS for commercial purposes. Down …
DJI is in the press again about security concerns and has continually been allowed free range access over at the FAA when they were continually warned about security vulnerabilities. DJI has made public statement after public statement, but who should you believe? A foreign company or their US Public Policy person with zero security experience? …
A court case involving local authorities, a drone enthusiast and his neighbor could set a precedent for how local law enforcement deals with drones.
Tyler Kacereks insight:
A drone user is being sued by by an ex police officer and current police dog trainer. The allegations against the drone enthusiast are for taunting and causing kenneled dogs to cause harm to each other.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has posted a rule in the Federal Register requiring small drone owners to display the FAA-issued registration number on an outside surface of the aircraft. Owners and operators may no longer place or write registration numbers in an interior compartment. The rule is effective on February 23. The markings must be in place …
While this thing will tank in short order, this idea is likely a persistent one: can anyone simply jump into one of these new generations of "air cars" and go wherever they want? Regulation will surely come, but how quickly and to what extent?
Last month, the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) published an article and video showing what happens when a drone collides with an airplane
PICTURES FROM A RECENT PUBLIC MEETING ON THE BIG ISLAND 'We have 40 years of complaints': Group files lawsuit against FAA National Parks Air Tour Management Act Federal Aviation Administration and National Park Service Plan due 2004- lawsuit to order Plan within 24 months I-Legal Background In 2000 the Congress enacted National Parks Air Tour Management Act (Public Law 106-181, 49 U.S. Code § 40128)(NPATMA). This legislation was passed in response to public outcries about noise from aircraft being operated over National Parks. NPATMA required the FAA to issue an Air Tour Management Plan (ATMP) when whenever a person applies for authority to conduct a commercial air tour operation over the park where such a plan is not in effect." NPATMA instructs the FAA to issue said plan, or voluntary agreement, WITHIN 24 MONTHS. Currently the FAA has only done the following: Voluntary Agreements Currently, voluntary agreements are being pursued at the following national park units: Badlands
The RC hobbyist has been abandoned and ultimately disenfranchised by a system and Federal Aviation Administration that has proven itself to be ineffectual in safely integrating UAS into the National Airspace System. Airmap, AMA, AUVSI, Amazon, DJI, Google, PrecisionHawk, et al. are apparently more interested in moving product and denying reality than in safeguarding the …
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In response to concerns about “malicious drone activity” the FAA has announced new airspace restrictions over 60 facilities – most of them federal prisons. Reports of attempts to ma
FAA Reports that Drone users in USA are being charged up to $150 for a service that costs just $5.00! In a recent news update the FAA in the USA warns UAV drone users to avoid using drone registration schemes to register their drone. Apparently this announcement comes after a number of drone owners have apparently been scammed by websites offering to assist drone users with the official registration of their drone/s and charging large fees for their service.
Strong sales of small consumer drones – especially in the run up to Christmas each year - have led to repeated warnings about a possible threat to scheduled flights.
We invited the Former Administrator of the FAA, Michael P. Huerta, on the podcast to take a deep dive into the current FAA Reauthorization Act that just passed. The new legislation eliminates Section
Yesterday, the Senate passed the highly anticipated FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 with an overwhelming majority. A large portion of the bill covered small UAS flights within the National Airspace System (NAS) and some major changes were included. The Section 336 protection, which prevented the FAA from regulating model aircraft was repealed, closing the hobbyist loophole. The FAA has stated in the past that Section 336 presented a roadblock in its plans to have every drone adopt a universal remote ID system. Now with its removal, recreational users must register their drone and pass an Aeronautical Knowledge Test. This was seen as necessary as step towards building a Universal Traffic Management system where both drones and traditional aircraft can be tracked effectively. The FAA has been mandated to create another pilot program, this time for Counter-UAS technology and accurate incident reporting. Law enforcement will soon be enabled to report on illegal drone use by inputting
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