Government forecast: 600K commercial drones within the year

Drones can carry packages as long as the combined weight of the drone and the load is less than 55 pounds. Small UAS operators who have received a Section 333 exemption will be allowed to continue operating under the terms of their exemption or they may choose to operate under Part 107 with proper certification. Previously, the FAA's stringent guidelines for commercial drone filming were highly restrictive.

That's when rules kicked in that free them from having to request special permission from the federal government for any commercial drone endeavor - a waiver process that often took months. That gives you an idea of how much interest there is in flying under these rules.

Added Lisa Ellman, co-chair of Hogal Lovells' unmanned aerial systems (UAS) practice and co-director of the Commercial Drone Alliance, in a statement: "Not only is this a milestone moment for CNN, this approval is a milestone for the commercial UAS industry as a whole". Some researchers have identified hundreds of incidents in which pilots reported drones flying dangerously close to airports in recent years, prompting many safety experts, drone proponents and lawmakers to call for automated digital "fencing" to prevent such incursions.

Huerta emphasized that the exemptions were provided in cases in which the operators could prove that drone use is safe and had mitigation plans in place. Drones aren't allowed to go above 400 feet, they can't fly it out of their eyesight and they must stay out of "no fly zones".

Under the new commercial-drone rules, operators must keep their drones within visual line of sight - that is, the person flying the drone must be able to see it with the naked eye - and can fly only during the day, though twilight flying is permitted if the drone has anti-collision lights.

The FAA's new rules for the commercial use of drones are now in effect.

Huerta said the FAA is already working to release a rule by the end of this year that will permit drone flights over crowds.

The current rules would still fail to cover things like delivery services.

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For example, film company Snaproll Media LLC used drones for shooting music videos and for segments of the movie The Fast and the Furious 6 (in Moscow).

Now he just has to take a 150 dollar FAA test.

Clearer skies are ahead for American businesses betting on drones.

Aeronautical Knowledge Test: Testing centers nationwide can now administer the Aeronautical Knowledge Test required under Part 107.

Registering your drone is one part of the process; the other involves getting a remote pilot certificate for the operator. The list is stored alphabetically by state then city and includes addresses and phone numbers for the locations. Furthermore, in order to obtain such a license, applicants will need to pass an aeronautical knowledge test and/or complete an FAA UAS training online. We expect to validate applications within 10 days.

Testing also becomes available today.

The certificates are valid for two years and a new test must be taken to renew the certificate before expiration.


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