Scientists from the United Kingdom’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) are using unmanned technology to help gather and transmit data from…
Dee Ann Divis
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Opposes Ligado Frequency Plan
Self-driving and driver-assisted vehicles need GPS signals protected from interference A proposed frequency change that could create interference with GPS…
Input Sought on Aligning US/Canadian Unmanned and Driverless Regulations
The United States government is seeking insights into how it can reduce the regulatory load on the unmanned aviation and…
FAA Seeks Comments on Fire-Starting Drone
Aviation regulators are asking for public comment on an exemption for a drone that would, while in flight, release ping…
Close Up: Drone Inspection From Fences to Tailfins – IPP Tennessee
Tennessee’s IPP team will hammer out the details of using drones for facility and plane inspection including how to safely…
Reaching for the Horizon – IPP Alaska
The Alaska IPP team is focused on developing the technology and the safety case for beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights but they’d also…
FAA Sharpens IPP Teams’ Focus
The Integration Pilot Program is moving briskly though some teams were surprised, and disappointed, when the Federal Aviation Administration narrowed…
Integration Pilot Program (IPP): Fast Tracking UAS Integration
Drone applications ranging from finding feral hogs to delivering aid to heart attack victims are now under fast-track development as…
Military UAV Market To Top $83B
Energized by lessons from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, countries around the world are expected to continue adding unmanned…
Licensing NASA Technology May be the Answer
You don’t have to do it all by yourself. If your project is stumbling over a technical hurdle, needs a…
Brian Wynne: Advocacy Across Domains
As president of the world’s leading association for unmanned technology Brian Wynne is helping speed automation by making sure technical…
Certified For Flight
A new program to provide verifiable certifications of different levels of pilot training promises to raise the safety level and…
Traffic Report: Who Owns Drone Traffic Data?
Fans of automation are anxious to see drones take some of the pressure off the nation’s highways by shifting the…
Splintered ARC Hands FAA Remote ID Hot Potato
The Aviation Rule Committee advising the FAA on remote identification and tracking of unmanned aircraft left an important question unresolved: to which drones should a new rule apply?
Make It Work
The new DunkWorks at the Center for Marine Robotics is not just a maker space for advanced prototyping; it is a window into the future of 3-D manufacturing.
Could FAA Create a Nationwide Skunk Works for Drone Integration?
The White House has found a way to head off a fight with local officials, please industry with expanded research and deflect pressure for more demanding rule-making.
Driverless Car Bills Advance as Public’s Doubt Takes Root
Legislation supporting the testing of driverless cars advanced in the Senate.
