Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Aurora: eVTOL Only Economic With Autonomy
Pilotless air-taxi market solely sustainable.
Regulations and Government
HAI President Advocates For UASs
The nascent industry needs regulations from one authority: the FAA.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
King Schools Offers App for Part 107 Course
More Than 3,000 Drone Pilots Trained
Training and Workforce
FlightSafety Jumps Into UAS Training
Training Company To Offer Portfolio of Unmanned Courses
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Kittyhawk Teams with Jeppesen on LAANC
Will Offer Direct Authorization Onto Platforms
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Top Fed Makes Case for More UAS Regulation
Mandatory Registration and Tracking Looming
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Airbus Aerial Using Drones for Airport Mapping
Recently Conducted Inspections At Atlanta Hartsfield.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
PrecisionHawk Reveals BVLOS Detection Solution
System Integrates Sara's Acoustics Technology
Aircraft
Turkey’s Use of UCAVs Over Syria Detailed
The indigenous Bayraktar series played a key part in the country’s recent campaign against Kurdish forces.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
PrecisionHawk Releases UAS BVLOS Blueprint
Detection, Safety, Training Key Components
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
DOT: Commercial UAS Must Apply for Air-taxi Exemption
DOT Policy Requires Citizenship, Insurance
Aircraft
Publicity Boost in Berlin for the Euro-MALE Drone
The key industrial partners talked up their plans for the European medium-altitude long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft system
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Aurora Transitions X-Plane Tech To Commercial Sector
Systems developed for DARPA could Fly on Uber eVTOLs
Aircraft
Flight-test C-130 Will Have Multiple Gremlins
But these are small UAVs designed by Dynetics for DARPA, that the C-130 will launch and recover.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Drone Zone Features VR Headsets and Frst-person Views
There is nothing better than “being there” and this year’s drone models at Sun ’n‘ Fun give operators exactly that feeling.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Auto Drone Deicing System Coming in 2019
The compact system is designed to use minimum power to achieve deicing.
Aircraft
GA-ASI Stresses Previous Jet UAV Experience for Navy’s MQ-25
The Predator C Avenger has been flying since 2009, although only small numbers have been produced.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
ICAO Developing UAS Standards
Will hold second "Drone Enable" conference in September.
Safety
UAS Safety Standdown Slated For May 1
The one-day event will cover flight ops, maintenance, and quality management.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Blue Skies To Offer Drone Parachutes
System Deploys Automatically When Anomalies Occur
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Syrian Experience Urges Russia To Introduce UCAVs
Having treated armed UAVs with caution for many years, Russia appears to have embraced the concept following operational experience in Syria
Aircraft
Brimstone Gets a Boost
A capability sustainment contract from the UK should see MBDA's Brimstone missile fielded on Apache attack helicopters and Protector RPAs
Aircraft
Skunk Works Reveals Stealthy UAV Demonstrator
The X-44A first flew in 2001 and led to developments that are still mostly classified.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Study: Half of Drone Flights To Be Autonomous by 2022
The study says fundamental transformations will disrupt the status quo and create new opportunities for industry growth.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
U.S. Air Force Ends Predator Operations
Having undertaken operational sorties for more than two decades, the Predator is handing the RPA baton over to its larger successor, the MQ-9 Reaper.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
UAS Automated Flight Approval Expanding to 500 Airports
Part of FAA's larger register, ID, deconflict strategy
