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Granted authorization last week by the FAA, Texas A&M flies its first UAV mission along the Gulf Coast.

Ramis combines imagery intelligence, electronic intelligence, signals intelligence and communications intelligence.

The pilot of the Joint Strike Fighter conventional takeoff and landing variant aborted the takeoff “due to a fire in the back end of the aircraft.”

The remote tower concept combines the ATC functions of small airports at one centrally located facility.

The multi-mode radar will increase situational awareness and threat warning in a high-traffic littoral environment, according to the company.

When completed, the program will comprise 110 ILS systems at new locations and replace ILS legacy systems.

The Airports Authority of India commissioned the installation of ADS-B at 14 of the nation's airport in 2014.

Reasons for delays in the delivery of S-61T helicopters for use in Afghanistan remain unclear.

Airline groups praise bill, which requires the any new location to be served by a U.S. carrier and prior consultation with stakeholders.

Last year, authorities received 3,960 reports of laser strikes against aircraft.

The initial operational test and evaluation period is expected to be complete this year.

The contract has a five-year base period to May 2, 2019, with an option to extend to 2024.

UAS industry industry growing increasingly impatient with the FAA’s regulatory and policy containment of unmanned aircraft systems.

U.S. airlines are operating in a “hypercompetitive” environment against foreign carriers that are either state-owned or heavily state subsidized.

The order represents the first direct commercial sale of the latest generation countermeasures suite, BAE said.

The office “will plan, identify and prioritize key multi-agency research to drive consensus in the development and decisions related to NextGen.

The FAA will rebuild the New York Tracon in Westbury, N.Y., and consider later upgrades at Ronkonkoma.

The UK carrier expects to introduce remotely piloted UAS into operations next year.

The European Parliament has approved further funding for the Single European Sky ATM Research program.

Due-regard rader will make the Triton capable of detecting aircraft not equipped with a transponder or not using it to avoid detection.

Agency seeks to reaffirm its authority to regulate the use of small unmanned aircraft.

FAA’s lead UAS executive said the agency will use a provision to allow limited commercial use of unmanned aircraft.

At “Civilian Applications for UAS” workshop attendees question agency progress in opening NAS to commercial UAS operations.

As companies and universities flew their fixed- and rotary-wing models, spectators watched on screens installed in a tent nearby.