(Guest Column) Drone regulation: Keeping an eye on that eye in the sky

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (“UAS” in FAA jargon, more colloquially known as “drones”) are having a moment. As Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock recently noted, in just the last few days, “drones have smuggled drugs into an Ohio prison, smashed against a Cincinnati skyscraper, impeded efforts to fight wildfires in California and nearly collided with three airliners over New York City.” Whitlock reports that runaway drones knocked a gay pride parade walker unconscious in Seattle, injured…