It’s your future, make it count.

Patrick Egan

We just passed the fifth anniversary of these recommendation being given to the FAA by members of the small UAS ARC, yet we still wait for regulation. These are posted with the notion that they represent part of the history of the public rulemaking process. Everyone should read them and understand that the rules for the small UAS are purported to be based on these recommendations, but will also be regulated by the standards published by the ASTM F-38. Those standards should be read by anyone who thinks that they have a chance in the U.S. industry as I have been told “that Chinese stuff ain’t going to fly.”

sUAS ARC Recommendations April 1 091

Patrick Egan

Editor in Field, sUAS News Americas Desk | Patrick Egan is the editor of the Americas Desk at sUAS News and host and Executive Producer of the sUAS News Podcast Series, Drone TV and the Small Unmanned Systems Business Exposition. Experience in the field includes assignments with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Battle Lab investigating solutions on future warfare research projects. Instructor for LTA (Lighter Than Air) ISR systems deployment teams for an OSD, U.S. Special Operations Command, Special Surveillance Project. Built and operated commercial RPA prior to 2007 FAA policy clarification. On the airspace integration side, he serves as director of special programs for the RCAPA (Remote Control Aerial Photography Association).