Who's that hovering? Drone regulations.

• Author: Shackford, Scott
• Position: Citings - Brief article

REGULATORS ARE worried that small, privately operated drones will cause disasters by getting sucked into jet engines or helicopter blades. So they're currently crafting federal rules for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Those regs will likely require commercial UAS operators to fly only during daylight hours and to pass regular exams to maintain their licenses, among other guidelines.

But in October, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it will be creating a much broader regulatory scheme, one that may require private citizens to inform the feds that they own drones even if they have...