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February 15, 2015

FAA Proposes Part 107 UAV Regs

FAA Publishes Overview of Small UAS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

The FAA has promised a "Flexible Framework" for UAVs weighing less than 55 pounds. Here are the basics as are just now being announced by FAA Admin Huerta and SecTrans Foxx. The following provisions are being proposed in the FAA’s Small UAS NPRM.

Barely 12 Hour Notice of Conference May Be Reaction To Accidental Release of Affiliated Docs

We're not quite sure to make of all this, but it turns that there is going to be a Media Phone Conference at 1000 ET SUNDAY with BOTH FAA Admin Huerta and SecTrans Foxx.... with the topic announced as "DOT and FAA Announce New Rules for Unmanned Aircraft Systems." Following what appears to be the accidental release of related documents just before the weekend, it appears that the FAA and DoT may be in damage control mode. Searches for the document now show the applicable information to have been "Withdrawn by FAA."