Section 1709 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 became law on 12/23/2024. It says a lot, but I’m going to focus only on the important portions for drones. Summary DJI, Autel, and all foreign-made unmanned aircraft were added to the covered list in December 20205. See the article here. If you have a DJI […]
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Importing goods into the U.S. requires navigating a web of regulations that spans 47 federal agencies. If you are the importer of record, it is your duty to exercise “reasonable care” in meeting these obligations. As part of this duty, importers must take adequate steps to properly classify and determine the value of imported goods, […]
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Interested in learning about drone lawsuits? I have compiled the various drone lawsuits/litigation/prosecutions into the list below. There has been a wide range of drone-related cases in the last couple of years ranging from flamethrowers mounted on drones to a drone crashing into a wedding guest. I’m going to refer to them collectively as drone […]
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Are you interested in learning more about regulations.gov? The two biggest reasons to use regulations are to search for things like proposed regulations or previously granted exemptions. If you need help with filing a petition for exemption, I heavily focus on doing this for exotic operations such as beyond line of sight drone spraying operations, […]
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Quick Summary Drones use wireless radio transmitters for communication. Generally, in the United States, prior to using a wireless radio transmitter, one must obtain an equipment authorization from the Federal Communications Commission. How you do this is that you have to apply to the Federal Communications Commission, and in that application, you will state that […]
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