Airbus, Finmeccanica and Dassault Aviation will carry out a study on unmanned aerial vehicles for three countries in Europe that seek to build their own drones, Defense News reported Monday. The defense ministers of Italy, Germany
MoreState and local authorities have passed laws to preemptively regulate drone flights as questions arise on the coverage of the Federal Aviation Administration‘s authority on U.S. airspace, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Jack Nicas
MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration plans to test beyond-visual-line-of-sight unmanned aircraft systems in collaboration with service providers and UAS builders in an effort to expand drone applications, Reuters reported Friday. David Morgan writes
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Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has asked Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to prioritize the Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike program, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. Colin Clark writes that
MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration is implementing a temporary policy for a streamlined authorization process on commercial drone flights among operators that were granted Section 333 exemptions to the agency’s overall flight ban. FAA
MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration could soon release new guidelines to streamline the authorization process and ease restrictions on the use of drones for commercial operations, Reuters reported Friday. David Morgan writes that sources pointed to the potential removal
MoreThe U.S. Marine Corps is looking into unmanned systems with firepower and pocket-size surveillance functions as potential combat and surveillance support to ground troops, the Marine Corps Times reported Jan. 30. Joshua Stewart
MoreThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has started a program to develop unmanned aerial vehicles that DARPA wants to aid in the U.S. militaryâs humanitarian and combat operations. DARPA wants “lightweight” drones that can navigate complex
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to develop fresh algorithms for navigating unmanned aerial vehicles inside buildings and through tight spaces. DARPA said Monday that it issued a broad agency announcement solicitation
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Four companies that requested for regulatory exemptions have received approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration for unmanned aircraft systems operations. The FAA said Wednesday it granted the exemptions to Trimble Navigation, VDOS Global, Clayco and
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