discussion / Remote Sensing & GIS  / 5 May 2016

Drone Training in the U.S.

Things just got a whole lot easier for those of us at universities who train students to use drones as tools for conservation.  Many of the restrictions we had to suffer under (333, COAs, etc.) have been removed for the training component of our work.  We still need those for actual research, but this is a huge step forward.

http://aarr.piratelab.org/news/faa_ed_rule/

faa_educational_use_memo_may_2016.pdf