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Government and industry representatives have gathered at Wales’s Snowdonia Aerospace Centre this month to watch Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) take on a series of innovative missions. The week-long event, hosted by QinetiQ in partnership with the Welsh Government and Snowdonia Aerospace LLP, demonstrated how drones flown from the
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In December 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a new interim final rule that for the first time imposed regulation on the operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as model aircraft. In the name of a safe national airspace, the new regulations require operators of drones weighing more than
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Work is underway, as part of a UK government-funded project, to convert a commercial unmanned air vehicle engine into a hybrid power system for safe integration of UAVs into national airspace. The AIRSTART effort – or Accelerated Integration of Reliable Small UAV systems Through Applied Research and Testing – sees a
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made changes to the conditions and limitations imposed on commercial operators of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that should ease regulatory burdens and provide clarity for companies using UAS for commercial purposes. The FAA currently authorizes UAS operators for commercial purposes under its Section 333
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The UK public is still unaware of the Law’s regarding drone use. ‘Report it … don’t tolerate it’ - that’s the latest crucial message from the Drone Safe Register, the recently launched company that is bringing safety awareness to the drone industry. Its latest initiative is to actively encourage
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Palm Bay officials have discussed designating a drone park for use by hobbyists and the Florida Institute of Technology's unmanned aerial vehicles program, said James Marshal, the city's Bayfront Community Redevelopment Agency administrator. Someday, speeding drones could zip above uninhabited lands in The Compound in southwestern
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FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and Sally French, "The Drone Girl," today led a lively panel discussion about the future of small unmanned aircraft at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin on Monday. The panel included a diverse group of innovative thinkers from industry and government. In his opening
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The Barbados government has announced a 12-month ban on the importation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), popularly known as unmanned aerial vehicles or drones. It takes effect from April 1. A government statement quoted an unnamed official in the Customs and Excise Department as saying that the ban
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Austin Haughwout, the Central Connecticut State University engineering student who was expelled last October for building a gun-firing drone, has filed a lawsuit against the university. The lawsuit, filed in New Britain Superior Court, alleges that Haughwout, of 7 Egypt Lane in Clinton, was expelled unlawfully by university officials.
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Amphibious drones are being developed to collect and test potentially dangerous water samples from difficult to access watercourses. Dan Squire founded Drones Over Water last year in South Australia and has developed a sensor unit, which attaches to amphibious drones to allow the collection of samples from watercourses. He said