{"id":19263,"date":"2016-09-01T22:25:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/faa-puts-key-amazon-ups-facebook-and-google-execs-on-drone-advisory-committee\/"},"modified":"2016-09-01T22:25:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:25:13","slug":"faa-puts-key-amazon-ups-facebook-and-google-execs-on-drone-advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/faa-puts-key-amazon-ups-facebook-and-google-execs-on-drone-advisory-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA puts key Amazon, UPS, Facebook and Google execs on Drone Advisory Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Amazon delivery drone. Photo via Amazon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gur Kimchi, the vice president of Amazon\u2019s Prime Air drone delivery operation, has been named along with a variety of other tech executives to a Drone Advisory Committee that \u201cwill help the FAA prioritize its activities, including the development of future regulations and policies\u201d for unmanned aircraft in U.S. airspace.<\/p>\n

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Gur Kimchi. (Amazon Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The appointments promise to give Amazon and other tech companies more of a voice as the Federal Aviation Administration makes policy decisions that will impact their ability to roll out new drone initiatives. The FAA\u2019s final commercial drone rules, issued in June, imposed a series of limits that will make Amazon\u2019s drone package delivery ambitions difficult to achieve in the U.S. unless the company can receive specific waivers.<\/p>\n

Brian Kraznich, the Intel CEO, will chair the new Drone Advisory Committee. Other members represent a who\u2019s who of companies with a stake in the emerging drone industry, including Martin Gomez-Vesclir, director of aeronautical platforms at Facebook; Dave Vos of Project Wing at Google X; Ryan Hartman, CEO of Boeing subsidiary Insitu; Houston Mills, director of airline safety at UPS, and many more.<\/p>\n

In a post about Kimchi\u2019s appointment to the advisory committee, Amazon notes that it has also been \u201chighly involved\u201d in the Unmanned Traffic Management project run by NASA and the FAA, and other efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmazon has previously worked with the FAA to help define safe and effective drone operating guidelines and regulations,\u201d the company says in the post. \u201cIn late 2015, Amazon representatives participated in the FAA\u2019s drone registration task force, which helped the FAA implement guidelines for the registration of all drones flown outdoors and weighing more than 250g.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Drone Advisory Committee is slated to hold its first meeting Sept. 16 in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

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