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With a deep track record in the drone and AAM sector since its onset, Cozen O’Connor offers UAS, AAM, and counter-unmanned aircraft systems (c-UAS) commercial operators, manufacturers, and owners the full complement of regulatory, transactional, and litigation services. Our attorneys, including former Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation lawyers, closely monitor the fast-evolving UAS and AAM regulatory landscape. We assist clients in obtaining exemptions, waivers, and airspace authorizations; act as a liaison between UAS and AAM operators and FAA regulators, airports, and municipal governments; guide evaluation of whether UAS and AAM products may implicate export control restrictions pursuant to the Commerce Control List or U.S. Munitions List; and provide thoughtful guidance on FAA regulatory compliance.
The firm advises air taxi, AAM, and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operators and manufacturers, uncrewed aircraft systems operators, and other drone stakeholders on U.S. laws, regulations, and federal agency policies related to operations, safety, administrative investigations, licensing, certification, civil penalty and certificate actions, and competition. Our team counsels UAS clients on 14 CFR Parts 107 and 108, Section 333 exemptions, export restrictions for dual-use items and defense articles, Remote ID requirements, and other matters before DOT, FAA, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Department of Commerce, the Department of State, and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
We guide business transactions that require an up-to-the-minute understanding of the rapidly developing UAS and AAM marketplace and the intricate web of regulations impacting the UAS and AAM industry. From negotiating complex contracts and business transactions to pursuing patent protection for new technologies, Cozen O’Connor works with industry leaders to expand drone and AAM use and commercial opportunities. We have longstanding relationships with major companies in industries making advantageous use of UAS and AAM technologies, including public utility, energy, insurance, transportation, and real estate companies.
Our attorneys also have extensive experience defending clients from operational liabilities likely to be the focus of UAS- and AAM-related disputes, including common law privacy claims, product liability, intentional torts, cybersecurity, risk management, intellectual property, and state attorneys general enforcement.