US Regulations Seek To Expand AAM, Restrict Drones

Here’s a breakdown of key drone, UAS, and AAM regulations from the past month.

Jack Daleo

Monday, May 15, 2023 at 07:26 PM ET

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DJI’s Mavic 2 Enterprise (pictured) is one of several drone models facing an FCC blackout. [Photo: DJI]

Key Takeaways:

A new era of aviation, encompassing drones, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), and eVTOLs, is prompting extensive new regulatory efforts from federal, state, and international authorities.
The U.S. federal government is increasingly focused on national security, with proposed legislation to ban foreign-manufactured drones from government use, while the FAA is developing implementation plans for AAM and targets commercial eVTOL certification by late 2024.
U.S. states are mirroring federal concerns with some foreign drone bans for public entities, alongside proposing laws to support the expansion of drone operations and AAM infrastructure; globally, India and the EU are collaborating on new regulations, and EASA is setting standards for air taxi noise assessment.

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As federal officials, state lawmakers, and agencies such as the FAA tackle the massive aviation industry, they now must also contend with regulating an entirely new sphere of companies, technologies, safety protocols, and more.

A new era of aviation—encompassing drones, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), advanced air mobility (AAM), electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL), and other new ways to fly— is coming. Now, around the country, federal and state lawmakers are trying to figure out how to manage it.