U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta today announced the creation of a task force to develop recommendations for a registration process for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The task force will be composed of 25 to 30 diverse representatives from the UAS and manned aviation industries, the federal government, and other stakeholders.  [...]

  Last week, at a congressional hearing on unmanned aircraft systems, FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whitaker said that after reviewing over 4,500 comments, the FAA should have the final small UAS rule drafted by the end of the year. Read more...