Category Archives: Events

FAA and AMA to Sign a Landmark Agreement at AMA Expo 2014

James Williams, Executive Manager of the FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office, will join AMA President Bob Brown on the main Expo stage at 3 p.m. PST, on Saturday, January 11, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. This agreement institutes a formal relationship between the FAA and the Academy of Model Aeronautics and establishes the platform upon which the AMA and the FAA will jointly work to ensure the continued safe operation of model aircraft in the National Airspace System. Continue reading →

Eight Teams Earn DARPA Funds for 2014 Robotics Finals – Google’s Schaft Team Ahead

On December 21, at a racetrack complex near Miami, eight robots took their first steps into the future, one that scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency envisioned for them as the world watched the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster unfold in 2011. Continue reading →

NASA’s New Robotic Challenge to Explore UAS Airspace Operations

Teams of aerospace researchers across the USA are signing up to compete for $500,000 in prize money by demonstrating the ability to fly unmanned aircraft through an airspace obstacle course. Continue reading →

North American Aerospace Defense Command Prepares to Track Santa

In 1958, the governments of Canada and the United States created a bi-national air defence command for North America called the North American Aerospace Defense Command, also known as NORAD, which then took on the tradition of tracking Santa. Continue reading →

Precision Farming Forum in Oregon to Examine UAS Technology in Agriculture

Jeff Lorton believes UAS technology is the next big thing in agriculture, and he’s determined to make sure it lands in Yamhill County, the center of Oregon’s world-class wine industry. Continue reading →

European RPAS Operators Prepare for Expansion of Civil RPAS Market

RPAS CivOps 2013 is totally dedicated to the fast growing European RPAS operators community. In this sense, operator should be understood as a company supplying commercial flight services with an RPAS. It should be noted that there are currently more than 1000 legally approved or authorised RPAS operators in Europe. Continue reading →

North American B25 Festival – Doolittle Raiders Final Toast

Many people flew in with these historic planes to the National Museum of the USAF where the U.S. Air Force hosted the famed Doolittle Tokyo Raiders’ final toast to their fallen comrades during an invitation-only ceremony on Nov. 9. Continue reading →

Kansas Unmanned Systems Conference Report

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were filled with interesting presentations and a lot of great conversation. There were over 150 participants despite the Government shutdown and a wide variety of folks representing a myriad of functional areas for unmanned systems, precision agriculture and beyond were present. Continue reading →