{"id":12898,"date":"2019-05-20T20:41:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T20:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12898"},"modified":"2019-05-20T20:41:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T20:41:04","slug":"new-members-appointed-to-faa-drone-advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/new-members-appointed-to-faa-drone-advisory-committee\/%20","title":{"rendered":"New Members Appointed to FAA Drone Advisory Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has\nformally announced new appointments to the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s\n(FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8853edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12899\" width=\"203\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8853edit.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8853edit-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><figcaption><em>Bob Brock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary Chao named Michael Chasen, chief executive officer for PrecisionHawk USA Inc., as chair of the DAC. New members appointed include Bob Brock, Director of Aviation and Unmanned Aircraft Systems for the Kansas Department of Transportation. He will join David Greene, Bureau of Aeronautics Director for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, representing state aviation agencies on the DAC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DAC is a broad-based, long-term federal advisory\ncommittee that provides the FAA advice on key unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)\nintegration issues by helping to identify challenges and prioritize\nimprovements. The committee helps to create broad support for an overall\nintegration strategy and vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the DAC are executives who represent a variety of\nUAS interests, including industry, research, academia, retail, technology and\nstate and local government. \u201cInnovation is one of Secretary Chao\u2019s top\npriorities for the Department of Transportation.&nbsp; Michael and the DAC will help guide the FAA\nto build flexible, responsive regulatory processes that can keep up with the\nindustry\u2019s creativity while ensuring the highest level of safety,\u201d said FAA\nActing Administrator Daniel K. Elwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DAC is chartered to have up to 35 members and today\u2019s\nannouncement will fill 12 vacancies. The new members in addition to Michael\nChasen are listed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas Karol, General Counsel, National Association of\nMutual Insurance Companies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Silver, Vice President for Civil Aviation, Aerospace\nIndustries Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph DePete, President, Air Line Pilots Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob Brock, Director of Aviation and Unmanned Aircraft\nSystems, Kansas Department of Transportation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Colborn, Senior Corporal, Dallas Police Department<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Leo, Captain, New York City Fire Department<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Ucci, Senior Deputy Majority Leader, Rhode Island\nState Assembly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mariah Scott, President, Skyward<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorne Cass, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, American\nAirlines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Sinnett, Vice President, Product Development and\nStrategy, Boeing Commercial Airplanes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Anderson, Chief Executive officer, 3DR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Cleveland, Vice President of Law and Policy group,\nIntel Corporation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has formally announced new appointments to the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). Secretary Chao named Michael Chasen, chief executive officer for PrecisionHawk USA Inc., as chair of the DAC. New members appointed include Bob Brock, Director of Aviation and Unmanned Aircraft Systems for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12900,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12898\/revisions\/12900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}