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FAA 'Interim Policy' Speeds UAS Flight Authorizations

Grants operators a certificate of authorization for UAS flights at or below 200 feet anywhere in the country except in restricted airspace or major cities.

March 25, 2015

The FAA announced an “interim policy” yesterday to expedite the flight authorizations it grants to operators of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) who have already obtained exemptions from the agency to use their machines. It will now grant those operators a certificate of authorization (COA) for flights at or below 200 feet anywhere in the country except in restricted airspace or in major cities, so long as they fly their drones during daytime VFR conditions, within visual line of sight of the pilot and at specified distances from airports or heliports. The “blanket” 200-foot COA replaces the agency’s past process of evaluating every UAS operation individually.

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