Congress & Federal Agencies
The Small UAV Coalition is working with Congress, the White House, industry associations, and regulators at the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and others to realize the potential of the small UAV industry.
04.02.24 | Comments | Docket No. FAA-2024-0189
04.01.24 | Comments | American Drone Petition for Exemption
03.13.24 | Comments | Watts Innovations Petition for Exemption
03.04.24 | Comments | Docket No. FAA-2023-2554
02.05.24 | Comments | Docket No. FAA-2023-2372
01.15.24 | Comments | FAA policy on definition of aeronautical activities (Docket No. FAA-2023-1739)
01.02.24 | Comments | National Spectrum Strategy Implementation Plan
11.07.23 | Comments | Zipline FAA draft Environmental Assessment
11.02.23 | Comments | Docket No. FAA-2023-1833
10.23.23 | Comments | Docket No. FAA-2020-0564
10.23.23 | Comments | Docket No. FAA-2018-0835
10.17.23 | Comments | Docket No. FAA-2022-0353
10.14.23 | Comments | Amazon Prime Air FAA draft Environmental Assessment
10.09.23 | Comments | Wing FAA draft Environmental Assessment
09.29.23 | Comments | Docket No. FAA-2023-0855
09.29.23 | HR 5711 Letter
09.26.23 | FAA Extension Letter
09.05.23 | Comments | Docket No. FAA-2019-0622
08.31.23 | Comments | Docket No. FAA-2022-0538
07.13.23 | Comments | Docket No. FAA-2022-1737
07.10.23 | Industry Letter in Support of H.R. 3935, the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act
06.14.23 | Comments | Docket No. FAA-2020-0499
06.14.23 | Comments| Docket No. FAA-2019-0628
06.14.23 | Comments| Docket No. FAA-2023-1256
04.11.23 | Single Safety Regulator Letter to Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
02.14.23 | Comments| Docket. No. FAA-2022-0502
02.03.23 | Comments| Docket. No. FAA-2022-1193
09.26.22 | Comments| Docket. No. FAA-2022-1137
09.14.22 | Comments| Docket. No. FAA-2022-0501
09.04.22 | Comments| Docket. No. FAA-2022-1133
08.23.22 | Comments| Docket. No. FAA-2021-0466
08.23.22 | Comments| Docket. No. FAA-2022-0181
03.21.22 | Comments| Docket. No. FAA-2019-0573
1.28.22 | Comments| NIST-2021-0007
12.17.21 | Comments| U.S. DOT Strategic Plan
11.24.21 | Comments| Docket No.FAA-2021-0733
10.25.21 | Comments| Docket RM-11798
10.12.21 | Comments| Docket RM-11798
9.20.21 | Comments| Docket No. FAA-2021-0710
9.20.21 | Comments| OMB Number 0596-0015
8.6.21 | Comments| Docket No.FAA-2021-0466
7.20.21 | Comments| NTSB 2021-0004
7.20.21 | Comments| Docket No.NTSB-2021-0004
6.29.21 | UAS Letter| FAA Section 2209 Rulemaking
2.25.21 | Comments| Docket No.FAA-2020-1056
12.29.20 | Comments | UAS Market Survey Information Collection
12.21.20 | Comments | Proposed Airworthiness Criteria
8.7.20 | Comments | FAA Draft Section 374 Report
8.5.20 | Letter to Ranking Member Bob Latta | Advancing Unmanned Delivery Services Act
7.28.20 | Letter to DOT and FAA | Integration Pilot Program Sunset
6.29.20 | Comments | Pilot Records Database FAA-2020-0246
6.22.20 | Letter to the Drone Advisory Committee | UTM ConOps 2.0
5.19.20 | Letter to DOT and FAA | Coronavirus Response
3.4.20 | Comments to the FAA | Notice of Policy, Type Certification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FAA-2019-1038)
3.4.20 | Letter to DOT and FAA | Coronavirus Response
3.4.20 | Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee | Coronavirus Response
3.2.20 | Comments to the FAA | Remote Identification NPRM FAA-2019-1100
12.26.19 | Comments to the Federal Communications Commission | UAS Operations in the 960-1164 MHz and 5030-5091 MHz Bands
12.3.19 | Letter to FAA Deputy Administrator Elwell
November 2019 | Spectrum Position Statement
10.25.19 | Letter to Congressional Leadership | Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator Act
9.9.19 | Notice of ex parte filing of Small UAV Coalition to Federal Communications Commission | Petition to Adopt Service Rules for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Command and Control in the 5030-5091 MHz Band, RM-11798
8.26.19 | Comments to the FAA Drone Advisory Committee | Remote Identification Recommendations
8.6.19 | Comments to the Department of Transportation | System of Records Notice DOT-OST-2019-0097
7.23.19 | Letter to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Leadership | Presidential Nomination of Michael Kratsios to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
7.18.19 | Letter to FAA UAS Integration Office Executive Director Merkle and FAA Flight Standards Service Executive Director Domingo | Online Aeronautical Knowledge Testing of Recreational Operators
5.16.19 | Industry Letter to the Office of Management and Budget| Remote Identification
5.14.19 | Supplemental Comments to the Department of Transportation| V2X Communications
4.15.19 | Comments to the Department of Transportation| Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Over People – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
4.15.19 | Comments to the Department of Transportation| Safe and Secure Operations of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems – Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
3.7.19 | Comments to the Department of Transportation| External Marking Requirement for Small Unmanned Aircraft
2.22.19 | Comments to the Department of Transportation| V2X Communications
2.15.19 | Comments to the Federal Communications Commission| Unlicensed Use of the 6 GHz Band
1.23.19 | Comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration| Developing a Sustainable Spectrum Strategy for America’s Future
1.10.19 | Comments to the Federal Aviation Administration| Draft FAA Advisory Circular No. 90-WLCLR
1.9.19 | Comments to DOC Bureau of Industry and Security| Review of Controls for Certain Emerging Technologies
10.16.18 | Letter to DOT Secretary Chao and FAA Acting Administrator Elwell| FAA Reauthorization Committees
10.10.18 | Letter to Comptroller General| FAA Reauthorization Act Studies
10.10.18 | Letter to DOT Secretary Chao| Deadlines and Directives
10.10.18 | Letter to FAA Acting Administrator Elwell| Deadlines and Directives
10.3.18 | Industry Letter to Senators Thune and Schatz| STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act
8.15.18 | Industry Letter to US Senate| Need to Act on FAA Reauthorization
8.1.18 | Industry Letter to US Senate| Section 336 Reform
7.31.18 | Industry Letter to US Senate| UAS Delivery
7.24.18 | Letter to House Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman Perry | UAS Countermeasures Coordinator Bill
7.11.18 | Letter to DHS Secretary Nielsen | Federal UAS Countermeasures Authorities
7.10.18 | Letter to Senate Committee Leadership | Senate Air Carrier Provision
5.25.18 | Comments | AIA Petition to FCC
4.26.18 | Letter to House | Small UAV Coalition H.R. 4 Amendment Scorecard
4.24.18 | Letter to House Leadership | FAA Reauthorization UAS Air Carrier Certification Provision
4.13.18 | Comments to the Department of State | United States Munitions List Categories V, X, and XI
3.6.18 | Letter to House and Senate Committee Leadership | FAA Extension and Section 336
2.5.18 | Industry Letter to FAA | Las Vegas Incident
2.2.18 | Letter to FAA Acting Administrator Elwell | Remote Identification and Tracking
11.30.17 | Comments to the Office of the Director General of Civil Aviation | Proposed Regulations
11.16.17 | Letter to Senators Cortez Masto and Burr and Congressmen DeSaulnier and Smucker | Moving FIRST Act
10.11.17 | Industry Letter to President Donald Trump | UAS Pilot Program
6.23.17 | Letter to Congressman Steve Knight and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur | Aeronautics Innovation Act
6.15.17 | Industry Letter to Members of Congress | Federal Sovereignty of Airspace
3.15.17 | Testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Innovation, Integration, Successes, and Challenges
2.28.17 | Letter to Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi | Amendment to H.R. 998, SCRUB Act
2.17.17 | Letter to OMB Director Mulvaney | Request for limited waiver from Executive Order 13771, “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs”
1.13.17 | FAA Response Letter | Request for Information: Notification and Authorization/Information Sharing
11.14.16 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | Request for Information: Notification and Authorization/Information Sharing
11.14.16 | Letter to DOT Acting General Counsel and FAA Chief Counsel | Section 2209 of FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016
9.27.16 | Testimony before the House Small Business Committee | Opportunity Rising: The FAA’s New Regulatory Framework for Commercial Drone Operations
8.16.16 | FAA Response Letter | UAS Remote Pilot Training and Testingrations
7.29.16 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | UAS Remote Pilot Training and Testing
6.28.16 | Letter to House and Senate Committee Leadership | FAA Short-Term Extension
6.23.16 | Industry Letter to House and Senate Committee Leadership | Section 2126 of Senate FAA Reauthorization
6.14.16 | FAA Response Letter | Proposal to Improve the Section 333 Exemption Amendment Process
6.8.16 | Industry Letter to House Leadership | FAA Reauthorization
6.7.16 | Senator Hatch Letter to FAA | Small UAV Coalition Drone Advisory Committee Membership
5.20.16 | Representative Blumenauer Letter to FAA | Small UAV Coalition Drone Advisory Committee Membership
5.18.16 | Letter to Administrator Huerta | Proposal to Improve the Section 333 Exemption Amendment Process
5.16.16 | Industry Letter to Congressional Leadership | FAA Reauthorization
4.12.16 | Industry Letter to US Senate | Senate FAA Reauthorization Amendments
1.19.16 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | FAA-2015-7396: Registration and Marking Requirements for Small Unmanned Aircraft
11.16.15 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | FAA-2015-4378: Request for Information Regarding Electronic Registration for UAS
8.31.15 | Letter to FCC | Implementation of spectrum allocation decisions from the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (“WRC-12”)
7.23.15 | Letter to Senate Committee Leadership | FAA Reauthorization – Micro UAS Provision
7.13.15 | Letter to Department of State | RIN 1400-AD32
4.22.15 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | FAA 2015-0150: sUAS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
3.17.15 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | Reforming and Improving the Section 333 Exemption Process
11.5.14 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Aviation Rulemaking Committee
1.28.22 | Comments| NIST-2021-0007
12.17.21 | Comments| U.S. DOT Strategic Plan
11.24.21 | Comments| Docket No.FAA-2021-0733
10.25.21 | Comments| Docket RM-11798
10.12.21 | Comments| Docket RM-11798
9.20.21 | Comments| Docket No. FAA-2021-0710
9.20.21 | Comments| OMB Number 0596-0015
8.6.21 | Comments| Docket No.FAA-2021-0466
7.20.21 | Comments| NTSB 2021-0004
7.20.21 | Comments| Docket No.NTSB-2021-0004
6.29.21 | UAS Letter| FAA Section 2209 Rulemaking
2.25.21 | Comments| Docket No.FAA-2020-1056
12.29.20 | Comments | UAS Market Survey Information Collection
12.21.20 | Comments | Proposed Airworthiness Criteria
8.7.20 | Comments | FAA Draft Section 374 Report
8.5.20 | Letter to Ranking Member Bob Latta | Advancing Unmanned Delivery Services Act
7.28.20 | Letter to DOT and FAA | Integration Pilot Program Sunset
6.29.20 | Comments | Pilot Records Database FAA-2020-0246
6.22.20 | Letter to the Drone Advisory Committee | UTM ConOps 2.0
5.19.20 | Letter to DOT and FAA | Coronavirus Response
3.4.20 | Comments to the FAA | Notice of Policy, Type Certification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FAA-2019-1038)
3.4.20 | Letter to DOT and FAA | Coronavirus Response
3.4.20 | Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee | Coronavirus Response
3.2.20 | Comments to the FAA | Remote Identification NPRM FAA-2019-1100
12.26.19 | Comments to the Federal Communications Commission | UAS Operations in the 960-1164 MHz and 5030-5091 MHz Bands
12.3.19 | Letter to FAA Deputy Administrator Elwell
November 2019 | Spectrum Position Statement
10.25.19 | Letter to Congressional Leadership | Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator Act
9.9.19 | Notice of ex parte filing of Small UAV Coalition to Federal Communications Commission | Petition to Adopt Service Rules for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Command and Control in the 5030-5091 MHz Band, RM-11798
8.26.19 | Comments to the FAA Drone Advisory Committee | Remote Identification Recommendations
8.6.19 | Comments to the Department of Transportation | System of Records Notice DOT-OST-2019-0097
7.23.19 | Letter to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Leadership | Presidential Nomination of Michael Kratsios to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
7.18.19 | Letter to FAA UAS Integration Office Executive Director Merkle and FAA Flight Standards Service Executive Director Domingo | Online Aeronautical Knowledge Testing of Recreational Operators
5.16.19 | Industry Letter to the Office of Management and Budget| Remote Identification
5.14.19 | Supplemental Comments to the Department of Transportation| V2X Communications
4.15.19 | Comments to the Department of Transportation| Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Over People – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
4.15.19 | Comments to the Department of Transportation| Safe and Secure Operations of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems – Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
3.7.19 | Comments to the Department of Transportation| External Marking Requirement for Small Unmanned Aircraft
2.22.19 | Comments to the Department of Transportation| V2X Communications
2.15.19 | Comments to the Federal Communications Commission| Unlicensed Use of the 6 GHz Band
1.23.19 | Comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration| Developing a Sustainable Spectrum Strategy for America’s Future
1.10.19 | Comments to the Federal Aviation Administration| Draft FAA Advisory Circular No. 90-WLCLR
1.9.19 | Comments to DOC Bureau of Industry and Security| Review of Controls for Certain Emerging Technologies
10.16.18 | Letter to DOT Secretary Chao and FAA Acting Administrator Elwell| FAA Reauthorization Committees
10.10.18 | Letter to Comptroller General| FAA Reauthorization Act Studies
10.10.18 | Letter to DOT Secretary Chao| Deadlines and Directives
10.10.18 | Letter to FAA Acting Administrator Elwell| Deadlines and Directives
10.3.18 | Industry Letter to Senators Thune and Schatz| STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act
8.15.18 | Industry Letter to US Senate| Need to Act on FAA Reauthorization
8.1.18 | Industry Letter to US Senate| Section 336 Reform
7.31.18 | Industry Letter to US Senate| UAS Delivery
7.24.18 | Letter to House Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman Perry | UAS Countermeasures Coordinator Bill
7.11.18 | Letter to DHS Secretary Nielsen | Federal UAS Countermeasures Authorities
7.10.18 | Letter to Senate Committee Leadership | Senate Air Carrier Provision
5.25.18 | Comments | AIA Petition to FCC
4.26.18 | Letter to House | Small UAV Coalition H.R. 4 Amendment Scorecard
4.24.18 | Letter to House Leadership | FAA Reauthorization UAS Air Carrier Certification Provision
4.13.18 | Comments to the Department of State | United States Munitions List Categories V, X, and XI
3.6.18 | Letter to House and Senate Committee Leadership | FAA Extension and Section 336
2.5.18 | Industry Letter to FAA | Las Vegas Incident
2.2.18 | Letter to FAA Acting Administrator Elwell | Remote Identification and Tracking
11.30.17 | Comments to the Office of the Director General of Civil Aviation | Proposed Regulations
11.16.17 | Letter to Senators Cortez Masto and Burr and Congressmen DeSaulnier and Smucker | Moving FIRST Act
10.11.17 | Industry Letter to President Donald Trump | UAS Pilot Program
6.23.17 | Letter to Congressman Steve Knight and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur | Aeronautics Innovation Act
6.15.17 | Industry Letter to Members of Congress | Federal Sovereignty of Airspace
3.15.17 | Testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Innovation, Integration, Successes, and Challenges
2.28.17 | Letter to Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi | Amendment to H.R. 998, SCRUB Act
2.17.17 | Letter to OMB Director Mulvaney | Request for limited waiver from Executive Order 13771, “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs”
1.13.17 | FAA Response Letter | Request for Information: Notification and Authorization/Information Sharing
11.14.16 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | Request for Information: Notification and Authorization/Information Sharing
11.14.16 | Letter to DOT Acting General Counsel and FAA Chief Counsel | Section 2209 of FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016
9.27.16 | Testimony before the House Small Business Committee | Opportunity Rising: The FAA’s New Regulatory Framework for Commercial Drone Operations
8.16.16 | FAA Response Letter | UAS Remote Pilot Training and Testingrations
7.29.16 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | UAS Remote Pilot Training and Testing
6.28.16 | Letter to House and Senate Committee Leadership | FAA Short-Term Extension
6.23.16 | Industry Letter to House and Senate Committee Leadership | Section 2126 of Senate FAA Reauthorization
6.14.16 | FAA Response Letter | Proposal to Improve the Section 333 Exemption Amendment Process
6.8.16 | Industry Letter to House Leadership | FAA Reauthorization
6.7.16 | Senator Hatch Letter to FAA | Small UAV Coalition Drone Advisory Committee Membership
5.20.16 | Representative Blumenauer Letter to FAA | Small UAV Coalition Drone Advisory Committee Membership
5.18.16 | Letter to Administrator Huerta | Proposal to Improve the Section 333 Exemption Amendment Process
5.16.16 | Industry Letter to Congressional Leadership | FAA Reauthorization
4.12.16 | Industry Letter to US Senate | Senate FAA Reauthorization Amendments
1.19.16 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | FAA-2015-7396: Registration and Marking Requirements for Small Unmanned Aircraft
11.16.15 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | FAA-2015-4378: Request for Information Regarding Electronic Registration for UAS
8.31.15 | Letter to FCC | Implementation of spectrum allocation decisions from the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (“WRC-12”)
7.23.15 | Letter to Senate Committee Leadership | FAA Reauthorization – Micro UAS Provision
7.13.15 | Letter to Department of State | RIN 1400-AD32
4.22.15 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | FAA 2015-0150: sUAS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
3.17.15 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | Reforming and Improving the Section 333 Exemption Process
11.5.14 | Letter to FAA Administrator Huerta | Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Aviation Rulemaking Committee