{"id":2097,"date":"2016-12-08T00:15:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T00:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/what-the-drone-industry-wants-from-the-faa-and-trump.html"},"modified":"2016-12-08T00:15:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T00:15:30","slug":"what-the-drone-industry-wants-from-the-faa-and-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/what-the-drone-industry-wants-from-the-faa-and-trump.html","title":{"rendered":"What the drone industry wants from the FAA and Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The commercial\u00a0drone industry in the U.S. hasn\u2019t heard much from the President-elect about his plans for rulemaking that will impact their business and global competitiveness.<\/p>\n

Last month, Associated Press broke the story that\u00a0Trump is interested in privatizing air traffic control<\/a>, wresting that responsibility from the Federal Aviation Administration and handing it to a nonprofit chartered by Congress.<\/p>\n

But we still don\u2019t know what his take might be when it comes to drones, which operate in lower airspace.<\/p>\n

Drones, of course, could be exceedingly useful to real estate companies, like Trump\u2019s own, in terms of delivering aerial inspections and security surveillance around properties. So one would expect Trump to have a solid\u00a0understanding\u00a0of their potential, along with major players in the commercial drone industry domestically.<\/p>\n

In August, the FAA enacted its Part 107 regulation,\u00a0<\/a>which provides national and universal rules around the commercial use\u00a0of\u00a0unmanned aerial vehicles that weigh up to 55 lbs.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile,\u00a0NASA has been working with a range of tech companies \u2014 including Precision Hawk, Verizon (the parent company of TechCrunch), Gryphon Sensors, Airware, Flirty, SkySpecs, ne3rd, Harris\/Exelis, Unmanned Experts \u2014 to develop drone traffic management\u00a0systems<\/a> to keep drones from colliding with each other or\u00a0critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n

We do know that Trump has chosen Elaine Chao<\/a> as Transportation Secretary. A\u00a0veteran of the Department of Transportation, her\u00a0duties will include oversight of the Federal Aviation Administration and other offices like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n

Now,\u00a0aviation and drone industry insiders are eagerly waiting to see who will join Chao\u2019s team as\u00a0FAA administrator.<\/p>\n

This week, a\u00a0drone industry trade group called the Commercial Drone Alliance<\/a>\u00a0sent the Trump transition team a letter with some policy and personnel recommendations. The letter encouraged\u00a0Trump to \u201chire commercial drone experts into the new administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the co-executive directors of the group,\u00a0Lisa Ellman and Gretchen West, who are both attorneys with the law firm Hogan Lovells, the industry group is hoping Trump\u2019s FAA will prioritize the following:<\/p>\n