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Senator John Hoeven said that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is on track to select six unmanned aerial system (UAS) pilot sites by the end of the year to integrate remotely piloted aircraft into the National Airspace. Hoeven was briefed by Acting FAA Administrator Michael Huerta last Tuesday on the
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Gizmodo claims that one of the reasons that the FAA is closing down a large area around Devil's Lake, North Dakota is to test UAS lasers.The restricted zone will be reserved for unmanned aircraft—civilian planes will have to fly at a different altitude, or around the
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The US Army wants to add a launch site at Dugway Proving Ground for drones that would fly south 150 miles over the Snake Valley in western Utah and back to the Army base. The Army unveiled the plan at a public briefing last Wednesday night in Salt Lake City;
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It seems that the locals do not share the official view about the developments at ParcAberporth, as this reader's letter to the local newspaper suggests: "Reports about the CAA allowing ACP to enable UAS to fly over a large swathe of Wales cannot pass without comment. Remarks
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The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced on Wednesday its endorsement of the Airspace Change Proposal (ACP) which will create a unique environment within the UK for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to fly in segregated airspace. The revised airspace will become effective from 28 July 2011. The Welsh Government, which sponsored
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A well-kept secret is the new CESVA UAS flight test centre which opened last year in Spain. Juan Secades, Director of the site, told UAS Vision: “We’ve had a lot of local clients - both military and commercial - who have been very satisfied with the experience, and now
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U.S. Senators Charles Schumer (New York) and Ron Wyden(Oregon) plan to submit an amendment on UAS to the FAA reauthorization bill, a two-year $35 billion legislative package. The amendment would establish 10 test sites in the National Airspace System for UAS. As of now, the bill proposes establishing
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A military rocket range on the island of South Uist in the Scottish Hebrides, could be used for testing civilian UAS. Highlands and island Enterprise, the Scottish Government's economic and community development agency for the region , commissioned a study which found that there is a growing market for