Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Practice Group

Webinar

Section 333 Approvals:

Preparing, Filing and Obtaining Them

September 8, 2014

1:00 – 3:00 pm EDT

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently scheduled to issue its small UAS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the fall of this year. This will mark the beginning of a formal rulemaking process that will last one to two years. In the meantime, the FAA has announced that it will accept applications under Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to permit certain commercial UAS operations prior to the completion of the formal rulemaking process.

If you are interested in manufacturing, operating or using UASs in a commercial or business setting, this webinar will show you how.

The Webinar will address:

an overview of current “do’s” and “don’ts” of the UAS world

operating in the National Airspace System (NAS)

the role of the FAA and the current regulatory environment

Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012

the exemption process under the Federal Aviation Regulation (FARs)

how to prepare and file requests for approval under Section 333 and exemptions to the FARs

what your application should contain and what it must contain

Freedom of Information Act issues with your filing

working with the UAS manufacturer

Our UAS Practice

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) is an international law firm of over 575 lawyers located in 15 offices throughout the world. Our UAS practice group is poised to assist organizations that are in, or want to get into, the UAS industry. With UAS’s moving into the civil airspace and commercial operations over the next several years, our UAS group, comprised of attorneys and professionals from across the firm, is focused on addressing the multitude of potential legal and other challenges that may arise, such as design and operator certification, operations in U.S. civil airspace, limiting tort liability, insurance and risk management, commercial/contracts, emergency response, privacy, intellectual property, regulatory and enforcement issues, hazardous materials, cybersecurity, and others.

On June 26, 2014, the MLA UAS Practice Group hosted The UAS Symposium, in Arlington, VA, which brought together almost 150 registrants from more than 80 companies, to focus on the UAS world, including where it is and where it is going. This webinar is one of the continuing series which will take a deeper dive into specific UAS issues. Further webinars will focus on insurance/risk management, privacy, operations and other current issues.