The News Media Coalition, of which the News/Media Alliance is a member of, filed comments on October 6 regarding the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The coalition is primarily concerned with three proposals and make several recommendations including 1) the FAA should permit newsgathering operations in population densities greater than Category 3; 2) the FAA should reconsider its 24 “active” BVLOS UAS limitation; and 3) the FAA’s pre-operations approval processes and requirements must account for breaking news. In June, President Trump issued an Executive Order requiring that the FAA finalize its rule by February 2026.
