Unmanned

At long last, Congress in February passed and the president signed into law multi-year legislation reauthorizing the FAA. The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 was several years in the making; the FAA had been operating under temporary funding since the mid-2000s. It’s set to expire in four years, though, so we’ll get to go through this process again in the near future. The new law includes a wide-ranging set of provisions. For example, it mandates new pilot certificates bearing a photograph of the holder.

Key Takeaways:

• The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 was enacted, reauthorizing the FAA after years of temporary funding.
• The new law immediately allows law enforcement agencies to operate small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and mandates the FAA to develop a regulatory framework for larger UAVs to integrate into national airspace by September 2015.
• The author expresses significant concerns about the safety implications of widespread UAV integration, predicting accidents and questioning the FAA's capacity to regulate effectively.

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