The U.S. Air Force has developed capacities to halt unauthorized small unmanned aircraft systems as well as boost the safety and security of base personnel and resources. The service branch said Monday
MoreThe United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization has proposed to establish a single platform for unmanned aircraft system owners and operators to register their drones, Reuters reported Saturday. Stephen Creamer, director of ICAO’s
MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration has authorized 43 unmanned aircraft system operators as of Thursday morning to support damage assessments or provide media coverage related to Hurricane Harvey response operations in Houston. FAA
MoreFour senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would direct the secretary of the Transportation Department to collaborate with NASA to establish within a year an implementation plan to help drone traffic
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NASA has partnered with the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems to test the space agencyâs traffic management system and demonstrate its capability to facilitate operations of multiple unmanned aerial systems. NIAS and NASA conducted
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The White House has drafted a new rule that would authorize the federal government to monitor, hack or destroy an unmanned aircraft system and its payload without consent to assess whether they pose
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The U.S. Marine Corps wants to deploy a small unmanned aircraft system built using three-dimensional printing technology to support the military branch’s combat operations in the coming weeks, Defense Systems reported Monday. Capt. Christopher
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the Customs and Border Protection to implement training efforts and update its guidance on collection of mission data associated with the use of Predator B unmanned aircraft systems. CBP
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection‘s Air and Marine Operations component has deployed an unmanned aircraft system to San Angelo, Texas, to help AMO personnel monitor border security in the state. CBP said Tuesday that the AMO
MoreLt. Gen. Jon Davis, U.S. Marine Corps deputy commandant for aviation, has said the service branch’s future Group 5 unmanned aircraft system may carry the same weapons and sensors as the F-35 fighter jet, DoD
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