Dallas Shareholder Steven E. Bartz, in his capacity as a student in the University of Mississippi School of Law’s Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Air and Space Law program, co-authored the article “The Evolving Regulatory Framework for Uncrewed Aircraft Systems” along with Prof. Michelle L.D. Hanlon and fellow Drone Law and Policy students Jared Blackburn JD, DCL, MPA; Brian Brewer; Julian Butler; Sunshine E.; Samuel Harris; Roxanne Javor; Erick Kobres II; Mark Majors; and Kerry Mawn.
The article, published on the Ctr4AirAndSpaceLaw substack, emerged from a series of written assignments in a Drone Law and Policy course at the Center for Air and Space Law and highlights a key insight: Parts 107, 89, and the proposed Part 108 are not discrete rules, but components of a coordinated, layered approach to integrating drones into the national airspace. “As drone technologies continue to advance and their applications expand, the United States is steadily transitioning from an era of experimental integration to one of normalized, routine unmanned aviation operations.”