FAA Approves UAS Exemptions for Movie Industry
Agency stopped just short of all-out approval of UAS operations.

The FAA’s September 26 approval of a half dozen exemptions for some TV and film production companies to operate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) stopped just short of complete approval of those operations in the national airspace system. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said the UAS to be used in the proposed operations do not need an FAA-issued certificate of airworthiness because they do not pose a threat to national airspace users or national security. These exemptions are permitted under Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, according to an FAA news release issued on September 26.