CTIA Calls for Streamlined FAA Rules for Drones
CTIA endorses an FAA initiative to support the U.S. drone industry by streamlining the approval process for beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations, said a filing posted Tuesday in response to an FAA NPRM. As President Donald Trump has argued, “American UAS leadership can enhance productivity, create high-skilled jobs, and ‘reduc[e] reliance on foreign sources, strengthening critical supply chains, and ensuring that the benefits of this technology are delivered to the American people,” CTIA said.
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The group's members “build, operate, and manage commercial wireless networks and manufacture communications components, devices, network equipment, and UAS devices,” the filing said. “CTIA and some of its members have been active and voting members of both the FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Committees on BVLOS and Remote Identification,” and members also are working on UAS communications standards as part of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project. The group said it supports rules “that streamline and normalize BVLOS UAS operations.”
"5G networks operating on licensed, flexible use spectrum can provide the reliable, low-latency communications and high bandwidth needed for these kinds of operations," said Avonne Bell, CTIA's director for connected life. "We look forward to collaborating with the FAA to implement an appropriate regulatory framework.”