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Jim Williams, who managed the FAA office to integrate drones into the U.S. airspace, retired last week. Before departing for a vacation of visiting ballparks with his family, Williams spoke at McKenna Long & Aldrige’s unmanned aircraft systems symposium in Washington, D.C. Now that he is outside
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced that it reached a significant milestone in its Independent Research and Development (IRAD) program to design, develop, and produce a variant of the Predator B RPA to be certified for flight according to the NATO Airworthiness Standard for unmanned aircraft. Certifiable Predator B
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Aviation industry leaders are looking anxiously but optimistically at lawmakers successfully meeting a Sept. 30 deadline for legislation for reauthorising the Federal Aviation Administration. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., expects to be one of the key figures in the effort to win congressional approval. Titus gathered experts to address aviation issues
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As interest in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles rises rapidly in Europe, Mike Lissone, RPAS ATM integration programme manager for Eurocontrol, noted that attendees and presenters at the workshop looked to focus on technical and regulatory issues, such as sense and avoid, that need to be tackled just as rapidly. Lissone told
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Those interested in operating an unmanned aircraft in Singapore can now go to the one-stop online portal on the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) website to check and apply for the necessary permits from the relevant authorities. This follows the coming into force of the Unmanned Aircraft (Public Safety
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Verizon, the US’s largest wireless telecom company, is developing technology with NASA to direct and monitor America’s growing fleet of civilian and commercial drones from its network of phone towers. According to documents obtained by the Guardian, Verizon signed an agreement last year with NASA “to jointly explore
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New Zealand Transport Minister Simon Bridges is keen to push ahead with "light handed risk-based" rules around drones after meeting politicians, United States regulators and companies including Google. New Zealand is close to introducing new rules for drones and their use was discussed at a closed door meeting
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Nearly 200 encounters with unmanned aircraft, ranging from amusing to chillingly dangerous, were reported to the FAA between February and November of 2014; a list published by a New Orleans television station May 26 documents the growing use of drones—authorized and otherwise—and their infiltration of the National Airspace
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On 19 January 2015 the UK Military Aviation Authority (MAA) concluded a 15 month, end-to-end review of Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) regulations with the introduction of a bespoke Regulatory Framework. This marked a significant milestone for the MAA as it not only formalised RPAS regulation as distinct from manned
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The business aviation community had a chance to discuss its concerns over the likelihood of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) flying in civil airspace during a conference session at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition last week. Devising rules that ensure safety while impeding neither progress nor prosperity is
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The Federal Aviation Administration has made it simpler for the six unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test sites to conduct research by giving them “blanket” authorizations to fly public aircraft operations throughout the National Airspace System at or below 200 feet. The FAA expects this improved access for the test sites
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The US Department of Justice has issued agency-wide policy guidance on the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) that sets standards of use and management controls of UAS by the department and its components. UAS are used at times by law enforcement agencies as cost-effective, efficient and potentially life-saving tools