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Rules keeping drones on leash could loosen with deregulation proposal from Congress
An NYPD drone observed four minors, between the ages of 12 and 16 years old, riding on top of a train in the Bronx on Thursday as it passed multiple stations at a high speed. FIRST ON FOX: A new move by Congress would unleash civilian drone use across America's skies by establishing rules to allow them to be flown beyond a user's line of sight and using AI for approval to do so. Her LIFT Act, introduced in the House on Thursday, would require Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to establish set performance and safety standards for BVLOS operations and review current aviation standards, which were designed with manned aircraft in mind. It would also require the Transportation secretary to deploy artificial intelligence to assist with processing waiver applications to allow civilian drones to fly BVLOS. Industry operators have long pushed for new BVLOS policy to replace the current system in which individuals must apply for waivers with the Federal Aviation Adminsitration (FAA) through a costly, cumbersome process to fly beyond the line of sight.
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