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On August 7, 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) took a major step toward expanding the deployment of drones in U.S. airspace by jointly releasing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would establish comprehensive, performance-based regulations for UAS operations beyond visual line of sight. To learn more, please…

The White House has issued a highly anticipated Executive Order aimed at improving the competitiveness of the U.S. commercial space industry. The Order, titled “Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry,” was issued on August 13, 2025 and directs multiple federal agencies to overhaul regulatory requirements in four key areas: (1) commercial launch and reentry licensing, (2) spaceport infrastructure, (3) novel space authorizations, and (4) leadership and accountability. A high-level overview of the EO’s provisions in each of these areas is below.

Commercial Launch and Reentry Licensing: The EO orders a thorough overhaul of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) launch and reentry regulations, contained in 14 CFR Part 450, instructing the FAA to “reevaluate, amend or rescind” Part 450 requirements, including determining if certain types of launch vehicle should be subject to less stringent licensing requirements.Continue Reading White House Issues Executive Order to Accelerate Commercial Space Activities

On June 30, 2025, the Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General (DOT OIG) released its audit report assessing the FAA’s efforts to advance beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations outside the parameters of existing drone regulations.  Among many findings, DOT OIG found that the FAA has approved increasingly complex BVLOS drone…