The FAA has issued a notice to advise the public of the twenty-third meeting of RTCA Special Committee 203, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, to be held May 1-3, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Continue reading
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Turkey, US Sign Unmanned Aircraft Cooperation Agreement
A statement by the Turkish General Staff about the unmanned aircraft cooperation agreement expressed that the flights in northern Iraq will be “conducted entirely under Turkey’s direction.” Continue reading
LED Quadrotors Display Star Trek Logo Over London
Over the weekend, the studio behind Star Trek Into Darkness took the film’s title literally, commissioning the flying of a giant, glowing Starfleet insignia in the London night sky. Comprised of 30 LED-illuminated quadrotors, the 308-foot-tall logo rotated in place 118 feet above ground (video below), before dimming its lights alongside those of Tower Bridge and Big Ben in recognition of the WWF’s Earth Hour conservation effort. Continue reading
Journalism School Teaching Reporters How to Fly J-Bots
The emergence of UAS journalism is expected to become such a mainstay of the media industry in the next few years that journalism students at the University of Missouri Journalism School, in Columbia, Mo., are now taking courses how to use UAS to report stories. Continue reading
Delft Dynamics Selected by Dutch Defence for Development of Flying Robots
Delft Dynamics‘ project ASIMOV, “Autonomous Rapid Deployable Multicopter for Overview and Security”, has been selected by the Dutch Ministry of Defence as best project proposal of a total of 44 submitted proposals by Dutch SMEs under the SBIR tender “Safe ground based actions and military operations in urban areas”. This research and development project will be executed in a period of two years. Continue reading
FAA Grounds Minneapolis/St Paul UAS Aerial Photographer
A Twin Cities company that uses radio-controlled UAS for aerial photographic work has had part of its business shut down by the Federal Aviation Administration because its against FAA regulations. Continue reading
K-MAX Stay in Afghanistan Until 2014 Withdrawal
The U.S. Marine Corps will keep the two K-MAX unmanned helicopters in Afghanistan ‘indefinitely’, at least, until the withdrawal or US troops from the country next year, a Navy spokeswoman said, noting the aircraft kept re-supply trucks off the road and reduced the threat of roadside bombs. Continue reading
Libyan UAS Fly Inspection Missions
Unmanned Libyan aircraft are being used for the first time by the Libyan Air Force, to carry out inspection tasks. Continue reading