Overview

• ANAC Resolution 550/2025 took effect immediately on August 8, rescinding resolutions 880/2019, 885/2019, 319/2025 and 334/2025.
• Drones under 25 kilograms in rural areas and those under 250 grams nationwide no longer need state-issued licenses.
• All instructors and training centers are now authorized to offer courses across every drone category, ending the previous state-sanctioned training monopoly.
• The new Parts 100–102 framework replaces the old VANT regulations with a system aligned to international norms for efficiency and operational safety.
• Officials project that the deregulation will accelerate drone adoption in livestock monitoring, crop management, medical and food deliveries, border surveillance.