Intermediate2h 21m # Drone/UAS Compliance — The Complete Guide (US Market) The complete US drone and UAS compliance course — FAA registration, Part 107 certification, Remote ID, airspace and waivers, airworthiness above 55 pounds, the new Part 108 BVLOS framework, FCC equipment authorization, and national security sourcing rules, built from first principles to a full practical compliance program. A mapping company registers its drone, gets a Part 107 certificate, and still gets grounded on a job site because nobody equipped Remote ID. A hardware startup ships a beautifully engineered airframe with a radio module that was never authorized under FCC Part 15, and finds out during a retailer's compliance audit, not before. A public safety agency buys a capable, inexpensive drone that turns out to sit on the FCC's covered list, and has to pull it from service before it ever flies a mission. None of these are edge cases. They are the ordinary result of treating "drone compliance" as one gate to pass instead of the several interlocking federal systems it actually is. This course teaches drone and UAS compliance for the United States market from first principles to complete practical readiness. It starts with the regulatory map itself — how the FAA's authority under Title 49 and Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations splits into aircraft rules, airman rules, and operating rules, and where the FCC, the Department of Defense, and individual state legislatures each hold a separate piece of the picture. From there it builds outward through aircraft registration under Parts 47 and 48, the Part 107 remote pilot certificate and its core operating limitations, and the airspace and waiver system that governs where and how a drone can actually fly, including LAANC authorization at controlled facilities. The course then goes deep on Remote ID under 14 CFR Part 89 — the broadcast requirement every operator has had to meet since September 2023 — and on the operations-over-people category system that determines what a manufacturer has to prove before a drone can legally fly near the public. It covers what changes once an aircraft crosses 55 pounds: Section 44807 exemptions, special airworthiness certificates, and full type certification, plus the new Part 108 beyond-visual-line-of-sight framework the FAA proposed in August 2025, its permit and operating certificate structure, and where the rulemaking stands right now. FCC equipment authorization for a drone's onboard radios, the national security rules reshaping the market — the American Security Drone Act, the FCC's covered list, and the Blue UAS and Green UAS vetting programs, including the exemptions the FCC issued in January 2026 — and the industry consensus standards from ASTM Committee F38 that back nearly every one of these compliance pathways round out the technical core. The closing modules cover the state and local law layer that sits on top of federal rules, walk a complete real-world launch of a 4-kilogram mapping and inspection drone through every one of these systems, catalog the mistakes that trip up even careful teams, and end with your own thirty, sixty, ninety-day compliance action plan. Built on Krono's regulatory database and current 2026 guidance, covering 14 CFR Parts 47, 48, 89, and 107, the proposed Part 108 beyond-visual-line-of-sight rule, FCC equipment authorization procedures under 47 CFR Part 2 and Part 15, the American Security Drone Act and the FCC's January 2026 covered-list exemptions, and the ASTM F38 consensus standards. This course contains the use of artificial intelligence for asthetic purposes. * Includes the ebook edition, free * 8 downloadable resources included ## What you'll learn * Equip and document Remote ID correctly — standard, broadcast module, or FRIA — and avoid the enforcement exposure of skipping it * Classify any aircraft into the correct operations-over-people category and build the means-of-compliance file it requires * Choose the right pathway once an aircraft crosses 55 pounds, and understand where the new Part 108 BVLOS framework fits * Get a drone's onboard radios properly FCC-authorized, and navigate the national security sourcing rules reshaping the market * Build a real, ongoing compliance program instead of treating registration as a one-time checkbox ## Requirements * ·No prior aviation, legal, or engineering background required — the course builds every concept from first principles * ·A working knowledge of your own aircraft's weight, components, and intended operations is helpful but not required * ·Manufacturers, commercial operators, public safety and enterprise drone programs, and compliance teams will all benefit $199.00 One-time purchase · Lifetime access · No subscription Less than one hour with a compliance consultant. [First lesson free to preview: Drone/UAS Compliance](#lesson-721a70e1-0677-44b6-87e8-afa124db64e1) * Map the FAA, FCC, DoD, and state-level pieces of US drone law and know exactly which agency governs which decision * Register any aircraft correctly under Part 47 or Part 48 and hold a valid Part 107 remote pilot certificate * Fly legally under Part 107's core operating rules, and know when LAANC authorization or a formal waiver is required Includes the ebook edition, free — read it in your [library](/profile/books) after purchase. Enroll — $199.00 Secure checkout via Paddle Not what you expected? Contact us within 14 days. Built from a regulatory graph already at work 1,506 users this week 661 guides 323 product types 9 markets ## Course content 250 lessons·2075 min total Drone Compliance in the US: The Big Picture 14 lessons · 115 min * Drone/UAS Compliance Preview8:12 * One Certificate Isn't the Whole Picture 8:12 * Three Ways to Get This Wrong 8:12 * Who This Course Is Built For 8:12 * The Agency Map 8:12 * Five Real Trip-Ups 8:12 * How This Course Is Structured 8:12 * Where Does Your Operation Stand Today? 8:12 * The Cost of Getting It Wrong 8:12 * How This Course Was Built 8:12 * The Enforcement Trend Line 8:12 * This Course vs. Piecemeal Research 8:12 * Why This Course Goes This Deep 8:12 * Knowledge Check — The Big Picture 8:12 The Regulatory Framework 14 lessons · 114 min Aircraft Registration & the Weight Threshold 13 lessons · 94 min Part 107: Certification & Core Operating Rules 16 lessons · 144 min Airspace, Waivers & LAANC 14 lessons · 110 min Remote ID: Part 89 in Depth 16 lessons · 142 min Operations Over People & at Night 15 lessons · 133 min Aircraft Over 55 Pounds: Airworthiness & Section 44807 15 lessons · 130 min Part 108: The New BVLOS Framework 16 lessons · 149 min FCC Equipment Authorization for Drones 15 lessons · 129 min National Security Compliance: NDAA, the Covered List & Blue/Green UAS 16 lessons · 151 min Consensus Standards & Required Testing 15 lessons · 130 min State & Local Law: The Patchwork Layer 13 lessons · 93 min Building the Technical & Compliance Documentation File 13 lessons · 91 min Full Walkthrough: A 4-Kilogram Mapping Drone Launch 14 lessons · 106 min Common Mistakes & Edge Cases 13 lessons · 91 min Your Compliance Action Plan 17 lessons · 153 min What's Next 1 lessons · 0 min Enroll — $199.00