Regulations
The FAA may release its long-awaited final rule that would permit commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) this week. FAA published the notice of proposed rulemaking nearly a year and a half ago, and the UAS industry has been keeping up the pressure on FAA to finalize the rule.
Regulations
EASA has just produced a 'Non Paper' entitled: Roadmap for Drone Operations in the European Union – The roll-out of the EU operation centric approach. This document will be the basis of discussions at the RPAS Stakeholders Workshop that is taking place at EASA headquarters in Cologne, Germany on
Events
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Drone World Expo (DWE) have partnered to create the Innovative Drone Exploration and Application (IDEA) Competition, a new research-related contest in the field of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The contest aims to build ties between the UAS end-user community and members
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Using a cooperative research and development agreement, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, partnering with Northrop Grumman and Air Combat Command, has developed an innovative solution to the tricky problem of how to connect existing and future information gathering sensor capabilities, not currently designed for the Block 30 RQ-4
Training
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development and Minister responsible for Western Economic Diversification Canada, announced an investment of $300,000 to support the development of an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) range for training and field testing in the Village of Foremost. Federal funding will support
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Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest airport for international travel, closed its airspace for 69 minutes due to unauthorized drone activity on Saturday, causing 22 flights to be diverted, aviation authorities said. Government-owned Dubai Airports, which operates Dubai's two main airports, said in a statement the
Military
There’s real progress in the US Air Force’s battle against what has been a chronic and widening shortage of remotely piloted aircraft operators, outgoing Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh reported on Wednesday. “The RPA get-well plan has been going as well as we hoped it would go,
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It’s been just over four years since since a small media production company in Knysna, started by Duran de Villiers, decided to explore the world of aerial photography. That idea turned into a multimillion-dollar drone business two years later, and now SteadiDrone is behind another new company and a
Weapons Systems
Lockheed Martin engineers are collaborating with customers and academia to research, develop and implement the technology that will detect and defeat swarms. “We are currently developing a 60-kilowatt system that combines multiple fiber lasers to generate the high power weapon beam,” said Rob Afzal, senior fellow with Lockheed Martin’s
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BAE Systems Hägglunds is looking into the potential for integrating Black Hornet UAS into CV90 armoured vehicles, as it continues to refine the BattleView 360 concept and augmented reality programme. The company envisages an embarked capability with the Black Hornet, currently the smallest military grade UAS in the world, with
Video
Three classic allied aircraft from the 1916 at Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, New Zealand - a de Havilland/Royal Aircraft Factory FE2, a Sopwith Pup and a Nieuport N.11 These aircraft are maintained and operated by The Vintage Aviator Ltd, and with the exception of the Nieuport 11, were also
Commercial
A research team at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Worldwide Campus has created the first-ever comprehensive consumer guide to small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) for novice users–those individuals interested in purchasing their first small remote controlled or autonomous multi-rotor flying aircraft. Embry-Riddle Worldwide professors, experts in the UAS profession,