--- description: The FAA has proposed new regulations for small, unmanned aircraft. Watch Know Right Now to find out more. title: How the FAA Plans to Regulate Drones image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf52e86153ff624a4/69877fa1f887dca277e8a258/new-drone-rules-01.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Know Right Now: How the FAA Plans to Regulate Drones by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2015 8:23 PM CUT  Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2015 8:23 PM CUT The FAA has proposed new regulations for small, unmanned aircraft. Watch the Know Right Now video above to find out more. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3712276/know-right-know-faa-drone-plans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3712276/know-right-know-faa-drone-plans/"},"headline":"Know Right Now: How the FAA Plans to Regulate Drones","datePublished":"2015-02-17T20:23:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:26.914Z","description":"Drone operators would need to be at least 17 years of age","url":"https://time.com/3712276/know-right-know-faa-drone-plans/","keywords":["Tech","Amazon","Technology","Drones","aircraft","FAA","Know Right Now"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf52e86153ff624a4/69877fa1f887dca277e8a258/new-drone-rules-01.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf52e86153ff624a4/69877fa1f887dca277e8a258/new-drone-rules-01.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"New Drone Rules","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","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/3712276/know-right-know-faa-drone-plans/","name":"Know Right Now: How the FAA Plans to Regulate Drones"}}]}] ```