FAA plans new steps to speed up commercial drone use: sources


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 24 Mar 2015

POTENTIALLY GOOD NEWS: The FAA intends to streamline the process by no longer requiring companies with exemptions to obtain a new certificate of authority for each new use of a drone, the people familiar with the matter said.

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Aviation Administration plans to unveil new steps soon to make it easier for companies to use drone aircraft for specific business operations, according to people with knowledge of the matter. 

Commercial drone flights are generally banned in the United States, except in a small number of cases where the FAA has granted an exemption. The has agency received more than 750 requests for exemptions to the ban, but has awarded only 48. 

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