US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on March 14 that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will “relatively short order” outline new proposed rules to expand the use of drones for deliveries and other services.
“We’re in the stages of developing a rule to make sure we can give more authority and clarity to those who are developing these drones,” said Sean Duffy after a tour of Amazon Prime Air headquarters Seattle, reports Reuters.
In the summer of 2024, Congress signed a bipartisan, multi-year FAA Reauthorization bill into law — mandating the FAA to release the BVLOS rulemaking by September 16, 2024, a deadline that passed FAA leadership had publicly committed to an end of 2024 or early January of 2025 deadline at the latest.
In October 2024 Michael Robbins, President and CEO of the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and Lisa Ellman, Executive Director of the Commercial Drone Alliance issued a joint statement urging to the FAA to act immediately on implementing Part 108, the much-anticipated rule that will enable beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations.
For more information
“Act on Part 108 now to enable BVLOS operations” – joint opinion from CDA and AUVSI
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-faa-propose-rule-allowing-expanded-drone-use-2025-03-14/
