In case you haven't seen it yet -- http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/12/14-drones-bennett Unmanned at Any Speed: Bringing Drones into Our National Airspace By: Wells C. Bennett <http://www.brookings.edu/experts/bennettw> In February of this year, President Obama signed the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (b FMRAb). The new lawbs plain-sounding title doesnbt tell you, but FMRA encompasses a bold and controversial project: allowing, by a date certain, much broader domestic operation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (b UASb)b or, as they are more commonly described, b drones.b Congress instructed the Federal Aviation Administration (b FAAb) to devise rules that, by late 2015, would allow widespread UAS useb both by private individuals and entities, and by federal, state and local governments. Between now and then the agency must meet a slate of statutory benchmarks. To name but one of many, a rule authorizing the private use of b smallb UAS (those weighing less than fifty-five pounds) must be issued by August of 2013. In this paper, b Unmanned at any Speed: Bringing Drones into our National Airspace,b Wells Bennett assesses the current state of domestic drone integration. Among other things, Bennett overviews: - FMRAbs most important deadlines, and the FAAbs progress in meeting them; - The legal and historical backdrop to FMRA, including the FAAbs longstanding, case-by-case approach to approving domestic drone flights; - Some of the most pressing air safety, security, cybersecurity, and privacy policy questions that must be addressed, policy questions that must be addressed, in order to allow for widespread domestic UAS operation under FMRA. _______________________________________________ drone-list mailing list drone-list@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE