--- title: Obama Calls for Drone Regulations After Drone Crashes at White House description: The FAA is currently drafting drone rules canonical: https://time.com/3683923/obama-drone-regulation/ author: Victor Luckerson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-27T15:24:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:04:15.021Z article:section: Business og:title: Obama Calls for Drone Regulations After Drone Crashes at White House og:description: The FAA is currently drafting drone rules og:url: https://time.com/3683923/obama-drone-regulation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f2341f91a282f20/69877c20e53aba14914d73f6/barack-obama1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Barack Obama og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obama Calls for Drone Regulations After Drone Crashes at White House twitter:description: The FAA is currently drafting drone rules twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f2341f91a282f20/69877c20e53aba14914d73f6/barack-obama1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Obama Calls for Drone Regulation After White House Crash by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Jan 27, 2015 3:24 PM CUT  U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.Carolyn Kaster—AP by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Jan 27, 2015 3:24 PM CUT President Barack Obama has used the crash-landing of a drone at the White House Monday as an opportunity to reemphasize the importance of regulating unmanned aircraft. In an interview with CNN, Obama said the [remote-controlled quadcopte](http://time.com/3682307/white-house-drone-crash/ "undefined")r that caused a brief security scare on Monday was the kind “you buy in Radio Shack,” calling for a regulatory framework for drones that will “get the good and minimize the bad.” “There are incredibly useful functions that these drones can play in terms of farmers who are managing crops and conservationists who want to take stock of wildlife,” Obama said. “But we don’t really have any kind of regulatory structure at all for it.” Drones are currently restricted from most airspace, except at low heights and at designated testing sites. The capital has [stricter regulations than most](http://time.com/88772/drones-washington-dc/ "undefined") on flying unmanned aerial vehicles. The Federal Aviation Administration is currently drafting regulations that will allow for wider use of the devices. However, the process has been fraught with delays. \[[_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/27/politics/obama-drones-fareed/index.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3683923/obama-drone-regulation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3683923/obama-drone-regulation/"},"headline":"Obama Calls for Drone Regulation After White House Crash","datePublished":"2015-01-27T15:24:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:15.021Z","description":"The FAA is currently drafting drone rules","url":"https://time.com/3683923/obama-drone-regulation/","keywords":["Tech","Obama","Drones","FAA"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f2341f91a282f20/69877c20e53aba14914d73f6/barack-obama1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f2341f91a282f20/69877c20e53aba14914d73f6/barack-obama1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Barack Obama","caption":"Barack Obama","creditText":"Carolyn Kaster—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3683923/obama-drone-regulation/","name":"Obama Calls for Drone Regulation After White House Crash"}}]}] ```