LAANC

30 'LAANC' stories October 2017 - September 2018

LAANC is now available nationwide for commercial drone operators opening up the national airspace

Haye Kesteloo Sep 13 2018 - 2:22 pm PT

LAANC is now available nationwide for commercial drone operators opening up the national airspace

Last week during InterDrone, Dan Elwell, the Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had stated that the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability or LAANC roll-out would be completed before the end of the month. Well, it seems that the FAA is ahead of schedule. As of today the Central North States have been activated. This is the last region to come on board. LAANC is now available for commercial drone operators nationwide. Allowing pilots to get near real-time approval for their flight plans. In the past, the approval or waiver process used to take weeks if not months. The availability of LAANC throughout the country represents a huge milestone in the development of commercial drone applications.

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FAA begins the expansion of the LAANC program to include 300 air traffic facilities covering approximately 500 airports

Haye Kesteloo May 1 2018 - 10:28 am PT

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FAA begins the expansion of the LAANC program to include 300 air traffic facilities covering approximately 500 airports

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had already announced it early in March, but yesterday marked the official start of the expansion of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC). The system will be deployed at nearly 300 air traffic facilities covering approximately 500 airports and is expected to be finished in September.

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FAA expands drone airspace authorization program to 500 airports

Haye Kesteloo Mar 6 2018 - 4:48 pm PT

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The FAA’s Acting Administrator, Dan Elwell, announced during the FAA Symposium last week that the tests of the automated Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) system will be expanded. This is an important step towards an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management System (UTM).

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LAANC just went live today in the Skyward cloud solution

Haye Kesteloo Oct 31 2017 - 4:45 pm PT

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LAANC just went live today in the Skyward cloud solution

Starting today, Part 107 drone operators, or commercial drone pilots, can use the Skyward Low Altitude Airspace Notification Capability (LAANC) cloud solution to request automated FAA approval to fly their drones in controlled airspace.

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FAA approves SunPower using drones to scope our solar sites

Haye Kesteloo Oct 31 2017 - 6:56 am PT

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About two weeks ago we reported on Skyward (owned by Verizon) being the first FAA-approved vendor to begin administering the automated Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) approval process. Now, the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) has approved to be the first company to actually use the Low Altitude Authorization Capability (LAANC) for automatic access to operate a drone in regulated airspace over controlled airports.

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FAA approves Skyward to provide LAANC access

Haye Kesteloo Oct 19 2017 - 11:36 am PT

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Skyward is the first FAA-approved vendor to begin administering the automated Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) approval process

Skyward has been approved as a LAANC provider, an automated, fast-track approval process to allow commercial drone pilots to gain instant access to controlled airspace. This is a huge step forward as it reduces wait times for commercial drone operators to mere seconds whereas the traditional approval process could take months.

Skyward, which is owned by Verizon, is the first FAA-approved vendor to begin administering the automated Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) approval process. They have announced that the system will go live this fall at the following four airports: Cincinnati International Airport (CVG), Reno (RNO), San Jose (SJC), and Lincoln (LNK). The FAA plans to include 49 airports in the program by the end of next year.

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