Flying drones in national parks and designated wilderness areas for commercial or recreational purposes is strictly forbidden under current federal law. However, states are free to determine whether these same…
New drone footage of Hurricane Nicole’s devastating impact in Florida is raising public awareness of the growing threat that these storms are posing to residents of small coastal towns.…
Drone industry advocates have been pushing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for years to allow unmanned aircraft to be flown without remote piloting, especially in non-residential areas for the purpose…
The war in Ukraine is fast becoming a “battle of drones.” Each side has begun deploying small, hard-to-detect missile-equipped drones for deep penetration “kamikaze” attacks on the other side’s ground…
Forty-five of the 50 US states prohibit the use of drones for the purpose of hunting wildlife, including bears, deer and birds. The reasons are largely moral and ethical: Using…
Is the federal government exclusively empowered – through the FAA – to regulate access to low-altitude airspace above private commercial and residential property? One frequently hears this argument, especially from…
One of the most highly touted competitive advantages of drones is their ability to conduct aerial site surveys that are more cost-effective and technically accurate than field surveys conducted on…
South Carolina is one of a handful of US states, mostly located in the South, that has yet to experience a major drone industry “take off.” The Virginia-based Mercatus Center,…
In recent years, heart-rending images of dead or dying sea mammals and fish, their stomachs stuffed with plastic, have shocked citizens around the globe. Reports indicate that the amount of…
Worried about recent threats from neighboring Turkey, its long-time Mediterranean rival, Greece is fast-tracking the development of a new fleet of surveillance drones that can keep tabs on the nation’s…
