Leveraging Vantis, the state’s first-of-its-kind UAS network, uAvionix, a drone company, received approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone flights in North Dakota. Continue reading
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US EPA Approves the SnifferDRONE for Monitoring Landfill Methane Emissions
The US EPA has just published OTM-051 – UAS application of Method 21 for Surface Emissions Monitoring, effectively approving the utilizing the SnifferDRONE method providing a more comprehensive, more effective, and safer means for identifying methane (CH4) leaks over landfills and terrestrial bodies. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $16M US Navy MQ-8 Fire Scout Logistics Contract
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded a $16,220,882 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract provides for engineering investigations, fleet operations, issues surrounding supportability/reliability, cyber security activities and capabilities, software design and system integration, qualification testing, logistical support as well as training services in support of the MQ-8 Fire Scout System. Continue reading
FCC Proposes More Spectrum Access for Drones
The Federal Communications Commission has just proposed new rules that would improve wireless communications on unmanned aircraft systems by allowing access to the 5 GHz band. Continue reading
US Navy Demonstrates Unmanned Cargo Delivery for Ships at Sea
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) recently demonstrated multiple unmanned systems in a first-of-its-kind mission to move supplies to ships at sea without the use of manned aircraft during an event at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in St. Inigoes, Maryland. Continue reading
Drone Pilot Pleads Guilty to Endangering RAF Hurricane
A drone pilot who nearly caused a serious accident at a memorial flight in Buxton, England, has pleaded guilty to endangering an aircraft. Continue reading
Airbus and Partners to Produce Airborne Laser Communication Terminal
Airbus and VDL Group have signed a partnership agreement for the development and manufacturing of a laser communication terminal for aircraft, known as UltraAir. Continue reading
GA-ASI Gets $75M US Army Gray Eagle Support Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $75,074,676 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for contractor logistics support for Gray Eagle Block 0. Continue reading