#Autel robotics news for september 2017 update#

Drone flights near airports, prisons, and sports stadiums are also not allowed. Even earlier in the year, the FAA also banned drone flights over 133 military facilities and the Pentagon announced over the summer that their personnel would be allowed to shoot down any drones they perceived as a possible threat.

In September, the FAA had issued similar restrictions for 10 Department of InteriorВ facilities, including dams and national landmarks such as Mount Rushmore and The Statue of Liberty. These new droneВ restrictions are the first time that the FAA has made DOE locations off-limits to drone pilots and drone flying. Their app B4UFLY ( iOs & Android) will also be updated.

#Autel robotics news for september 2017 update#

The FAA will update their interactive map online to reflect these changes. Drone pilots violating these restrictions may be subject civil penalties and criminal charges. Only with a special FAA permit will drone flights be allowed at these locations. The UAS National Security restrictions are currently pending but will become in effect on December 29, 2017. The flight restriction for drones is up to 400 feet within the lateral boundariesВ of these sites. It is considered the birthplace of the atomic bomb according to Wikipedia. The Y-12 National Security Site in Tennesee was built as part of the Manhattan Project for the purpose of enriching uranium for the first atomic bombs. Most of these locations are laboratories but the Hanford Site is a decommissioned nuclear production complex and the Pantex Site is aВ nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.Y-12 National Security Site, Oak Ridge, TN.Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC.Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID.Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.

The following sevenВ Department of Energy (DOE) facilities have been added to the list. national security and law enforcement agencies, new locations have been added to the list of locations where you can no longer fly your drone. In a news release, the FAA announced that at the request of U.S.