This week, a new group of unmanned aerial system (UAS or drone) industry leaders announced the creation of the Alliance for Drone Innovation (ADI), a policy-oriented coalition of manufacturers, suppliers, and software developers of hobbyist and commercial drones meant to help represent the interests of individuals, businesses, governments, scientists, academics and others who fly drones
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New Class Action Against FAA
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Drone Privacy, Enforcement + Litigation
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was served with an 836,796-person lawsuit last week alleging wrongful collection of personal data and money under unmanned aerial system (UAS or drone) regulations. This lawsuit, Robert Taylor v. FAA, is the second class action filed against the FAA—the first, filed in 2015 by Robert Taylor’s brother, John, alleged…
Consortiq Software System Demonstrates Security for UAS is Possible
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Drones
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS or drone) security has become a hot topic not only in the United States, but throughout countries around the world as more UAS hit the skies, increasing the potential for hackers to intercept data being transferred from drones to servers or other devices on the ground, or for hackers to carry out hostile takeovers of the drones as they attempt to complete a mission. However, Consortiq’s security software for UAS, known as CQNet, could be the start of one solution in this area.
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