New Policy Removes Waiver Requirement, Unlocking Innovation and Providing Opportunities to the Commercial Drone Pilot Community
LAFAYETTE, LA – June 6, 2025 — FlyGuys, a national leader in aerial data collection for the AI industry, is today announcing its support of the recent Executive Order eliminating the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) waiver requirement for commercial Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations. This regulatory breakthrough marks a defining moment in the evolution of the commercial drone industry, bolstering opportunities for the 15,000+ FAA-certified pilots in the FlyGuys’ national network.
BVLOS operations—flights where drone pilots operate without maintaining direct visual contact with their aircraft—are essential for expanding the capabilities and economic potential of unmanned aerial systems. Until now, operators were required to obtain time-consuming waivers to perform BVLOS missions, creating delays, limiting scalability, and increasing operational costs.
“For FlyGuys and our national network of pilots, removing the waiver requirement for BVLOS is a game-changer,” said Joe Stough, CEO and Executive Chairman of FlyGuys. “It paves the way for greater efficiency, broader applications, and real-time scalability across industries like energy, agriculture, construction, and utilities inspection. This is a bold and necessary step toward adopting the power, efficiency and effectiveness that commercial drones will bring to American businesses.”
For FlyGuys’ network of pilots, the policy shift allows immediate increase of BVLOS missions, resulting in faster deployments, reduced reliance on manned aviation for remote data gathering, and the opening of regions for aerial data collection for the AI industry.
For FlyGuys, the change directly accelerates current projects in pipeline monitoring, utility inspections, precision agriculture, and disaster assessment, where BVLOS capability enhances both safety and data accuracy.
“This regulatory modernization enables us to invest in solutions specifically designed for our AI software company partners,” added Stough. “In industries like precision agriculture, the intersection of imaging and AI is making incredible strides in identifying bugs or diseases that could impact crops. Accelerating solutions like this is at the heart of this news.”
FlyGuys continues to champion responsible drone innovation, supporting both policy progress and professional development to ensure the industry advances in a safe, equitable, and impactful way. The company remains committed to working alongside regulators to ensure safety remains a top priority while unlocking the full economic potential of drone-based services.
About FlyGuys
FlyGuys is a national drone services company delivering aerial data solutions for the AI industry across industries including construction, utilities, real estate, agriculture, and more. By combining cutting-edge drone technology with a vetted network of professional pilots, FlyGuys provides scalable, reliable data services designed to meet the evolving needs of the 21st-century economy. Learn more at www.flyguys.com.
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