The drone business is about to take off in South Carolina.
Changes to Federal Aviation Administration regulations that went into effect Aug. 30 are opening up the industry to a new group of entrepreneurs who can perform a wide spectrum of jobs, from inspecting solar panels to 3-D mapping of large land tracts.
The new regulations removed a requirement that commercial operators have a pilot’s license or be accompanied by a pilot, instead only requiring a “remote pilot airman certificate” issued by the FAA. Three weeks after the new rules went into effect, more than 12,000 remote pilots nationally passed the certification test, according to the agency …
Government Technology | Jan. 3, 2017
