TMZ has denied they are pushing to own drones.
The gossip site responded to earlier reports that they put in a request with the FAA for the unmanned aircraft.
The Web site’s plan to own drones was first reported by The San Francisco Chronicle.
“TMZ is NOT getting in the DRONE business … we don’t have a drone … we don’t want a drone … we never applied for a drone,” the site posted.
Drone makers have pushed for more missions, leading to provisions in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act, signed into law Feb. 14.
The law requires the FAA to fully integrate the unmanned aerial vehicles into national airspace by September 2015, the Chronicle reported.
TMZ updated their post ]with a statement from the FAA: “TMZ does not have FAA authorization to fly an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), and we have no record that TMZ ever requested or inquired about an authorization.”