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FAA Set To Approve 'Limited' Commercial Drone Use In US Skies
Citing "tangible economic benefits," the FAA has decided that the current prohibitions against commercial uses of drones in US skies can be lifted. As WSJ reports, Federal regulators said they are considering exempting a handful of companies working for the film and television industry with proposed rules for small drones are expected to be issued by the end of the year, though they aren't likely to become final until 2015 or later. While law-enforcement agencies already can rely on procedures to obtain FAA approval to fly some of the largest models in designated airspace, this shift by the FAA opens the door to the thousands of drones expected to plague US skies in the next few years.
As The Wall Street Journal reports,
Federal regulators said they are considering exempting a handful of companies working for the film and television industry from current prohibitions against commercial uses of drone aircraft in U.S. skies.
Monday's move by the Federal Aviation Administration doesn't immediately end those restrictions. But it signals that the agency, after months of controversy and pressure from drone proponents to allow some limited commercial flights, is looking to end the legal logjam by fairly quickly authorizing some independent cinematography companies and individuals to use drones.
If the exemptions are granted, such photo and video applications would have for the first time explicit FAA approval under specific conditions. The decision could open the door to other industry-by-industry exemptions—something drone manufacturers and users have been advocating for some time.
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In its announcement, the FAA cited the "tangible economic benefits as the agency begins to address the demand for commercial [drone] operations." But the agency said all "associated safety issues must be carefully considered to make sure any hazards are appropriately mitigated" before the FAA gives the green light.
The FAA said the Motion Picture Association of America "facilitated the exemption requests on behalf of their membership."
Of course, there's always the privacy concerns...(via The Washington Times)
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems, the leading trade group for the nation’s private-sector drone operators, estimated this year that the commercial drone industry will create more than 100,000 jobs and generate more than $82 billion in economic impact over the next 10 years — if the government moves quickly to establish workable operating regulations and safeguards.
The impending boom has raised concerns among privacy advocates about how and where drones might be used to collect data. The FAA is requiring future test sites to develop privacy plans and make them available to the public. The policy also requires test site operators to disclose how data will be obtained and used.
“Make no mistake about it, privacy is an extremely important issue and it is something that the public has a significant interest and concern over and we need to recognize as an industry that if we are going to take full advantage of the benefits that we are talking about for these technologies we need to be responsive to the public’s concerns about privacy,” Mr. Huerta said.
But then again "tangible economic benefits" will trump any of those concerns... we are sure.
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This has bad idea written all over it...
But just for good measure, the commercial drones will be armed will anti-personnel missiles.
Hunting season bitches!
A drone could come in handy during hunting season, won't even have to leave the basement to bag a 12-point buck. Hellfire missiles should give more leeway to my poor aim, maybe I'll even fill the sasquatch tag that I impulsively bought off Ebay.
I like it.
I see it as a great equalizer. A couple of guys with a dozen drones at their disposal could easily defeat the entire DC police department. But then, so could a well organized troop of girls scouts.., or a couple of old yellow dogs;)
And the fact that the spying/killing drones are indistinguishable from the pizza delivery drones is just a bonus.
Hiding in "plane" sight, until "pop goes der veasel;)"
Since the film industry never works with any explosives or pyrotechnics, I don’t see anything wrong there.
Administration to trade 1000 drones to the Taliban.
In return for Malaysia Airlines flight MH-370 airplane.
The FAA is going to allow commercial drones for...Hollywood! Obama's bud's ask, and bam!
They should be especially good for goose hunting. 10 gauge goose loads have gotten much too expensive.
It might be more fun too, flying miniature fighter aircraft with .17 cal machine guns.
Just wait for when the first airline gets brought down by collision with a drone.
Just wait for when the first airline gets brought down by collision with a drone.
Whatever, haters. Flying robots are awesome.
I thought a Federal judge already ruled that the FAA doesn't have any authority to regulate drones anyway.
FAA just wants it to look like it was their idea, is my take.
And I approve the UNLIMITED shooting of these fuckers down.
Im kinda speachless. What are the laws on private air space? Let open season commence. But I bet it's life in prison to pop one.
Calling Cliven Bundy...Calling Cliven Bundy...
"taaaaaarget practice....."
PULL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0BCOjgllao
That is EXACTLY what's going to happen.
"Look mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJUuDoRZpyU&list=RDMJUuDoRZpyU
Wonder how many planes with humans in them going down in flames it will take for this idiocy to stop?
Perhaps there is no limit; and machines and "information" will be deemed more important - at any cost.
If an drone become Corporation is it legal person?
Only if makes political contributions.
Not only that. This shit will fall out of the sky onto highways, hit power lines, fuck up radio towers. The possibilities are endless. Imagine the technicolor fun to be had at outdoor sports venues. Crash and burn is NOT just for NASCAR anymore. Hilarity ensues.
You just can't fix stupid.
Fuckin' drones shit hydrolic fluid all over my car!
Drone porn sites?
Prostitution is legal in the US as long as you film it, by that logic maybe Hellfire missile strikes will be legal as long as they are filmed.
New footage for the reboot of Faces of Death.
Surely you jest, sir. Prostitution is payment for sexual services with some ugly slob usually unable to get laid. On the other hand, if the ugly slob is vouchsafed by the Screen Actors Guild, or someone's cousin Guido, to be, in fact, a "performer" then said act becomes a celebration of free speech, self-expression, liberation of the inner pervert, and ..., yeah, I see your point.
Drone porn is a genius concept! Mount a webcam on a drone, charge by the minute so people can watch whomever getting it on...
You can make those drones as small as crickets. There's nowhere they can't penetrate.
"privacy is an extremely important issue and it is something that the public has a significant interest and concern over"
Eh, not really.
eventually the chinese will take receipt of a US drone ops center. they almost had one but the US hijacked 370 and flew that puppy to diego. taliban initially captured it in a fire fight in afghanistan. sold it to the chinese. sent it in numerous containers. only to be found out by the iranian / mossad connection. tit for tat. expect more dick rattling between the chinese and the jihadist in chief
USA set to approve (more) "limited" constitutional violations
but only for commercial purposes
Somebody got paid off handsomely... or threatened.
Full Spectrum Dominance.
Good time to get an anti-aircraft weapon-Would love an old german 88-dual use:works on ground vehicles as well....
Won't these things clog up ATC screens?
They worked very well on ground vehicles -- buildings too -- when they were mounted on a Tiger tank.
If they can take your land to build a walmart, damn right they are to sell the skies to shoot "movies" and you.
Large drones will carry nano drones into our lives. The Nanos will monitor our chip implants and sample our DNA on demand. The Nanos will listen to us and record us.
Total Awareness, just like an all-knowing ‘god’.
We'll be safe.
Yeah, just wait till the first one malfunctions and falls out of the sky on schoolchildren...just imagine the headlines!
And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, will be the beginning AND end of the great commercial drone experiment.
They will just shoot all the witnesses (with that stockpile of ammo) and threaten death to anyone else 'who squeals'
So they are now going to kill people getting married, and guests, in the US as well now?
Another example of a 3 letter agency captured by big business and MONEY!
I guess it will take a drone colliding with a jumbo jet full of passengers to make the FAA understand this is a STUPID IDEA!
In unrelated news, Google, Twitter, and Facebook all quickly point out to the FAA that they indirectly work for the film industry. Those close to the situation note the announcements all ended with the words, "Jus' sayin'."
Revelation 9:3-6 NASB
Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. [4] They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. [5] And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. [6] And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.
I want pizza for my wedding with a drone!
The pizza is strapped on a missile to guarantee that delivery is 30 seconds or less.
"the check is in the mail..." etc..
I suppose if Al-Queda gets a hold of Hundreds of them and straps to dynomite to them, nope can't see a problem there, that will never happen.
These would be Ideal if you were a Uni Student and a Psychopath, just strap on a Oozie and away you go. No different to the US Government.
00 Buckshoot!
Netflix mocks and spoofs Amazon Prime Air drone delivery
all you redneckers whom I love , but who think you will be shooting your commercial drones right out of the sky. i'm osrry to break it to you but you you won't . but don't throw away your guns.
why? the vast majority , like 99.99 % of commercial drones and covert spy drones have no reason to be anywhere but surrounding megacities.
then northeast corridor will be drone alley. and specifically the highways, the cities, possibly trafficed waterways and any plants and infrastructure.
you heard of the batman story 'judge dread' with a meglopolis. the whole idea of a giant wall is mostly a dying joke. the modern reconception of the 'wall' is an intelligence monitoring perimeter and cooridor where everything happening inside is monitored almost like a prison or even better. and the perimeter is maintained by ensconced systems that allow for resolution that begins at the global level ( sattelites ) and comes down to the more local ( mobile drones ) that can visit up close to provide full resolution, audio , the whole banana.
if you DONT want to have the chance to shoot these drones, stay in the rural areas.
also, 2ndly. have you ever really shot a bird out of the air with a shotgun? it's not easy. and if they're too high up/far away it's pretty much not possible.
so if a drone sees you , and it's programmed to stay far enough away from you, you won't be likely be shooting it dumbasses.
if you are a sophisticated actor , you wouldn't take defensive countermeasures against a drone with a gun anways. i can think of 3 other things.
laser
RF jamming remotely
chase it away with your own drone.
sorry to break it to you boys, if you wanna shoot some drones, you're gonna have to move to the city, and well, you know gun control is pretty tight around here. you takes your chances.
If you want to knock drones out of the sky.....
Don't throw your old Microwave Ovens out, that's all I'm sayin'
Sounds like it's time for a field trip to some of them there "megacities" that you speak of, city feller.
Then everyone needs one of these:
http://www.luckygunner.com/t-shirt-luckygunner-drone-hunter
Exemptions for the drone policy mean suppression of privacy and loss of freedom for those on the ground. How ironic that Establishment insider, former Democrat Senator Chris Dood , with links to the rulers and the financial cartel, is the Chairman and CEO of the MPAA and was able to negotiate these exemptions.
Wikipedia: “The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is an American trade association that represents the six major Hollywood studios. It was founded in 1922 as the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) to advance the business interests of its members.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America