UAS VISION
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The Federal Aviation Administration is now working to have the first of the six unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and test sites operational within 180 days.These sites will promote critical research into the certification and operational requirements necessary to safely integrate these vehicles into the US national airspace. Continue reading
ULTRA is a study project funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme, which had as purpose to propose, based on currently available technology, a way forward for the short term insertion of civil Light RPAS in European Airspace. Continue reading
A three-day workshop on RPAS has been organised by AESA (Spanish CAA) with the support of EUROCONTROL and AERPAS (Spanish RPAS association (28-30/01/2014) Continue reading
The Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Aviation Services (OAS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) regarding operation of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) in Class G airspace. Continue reading
The JARUS deliverable “AMC RPAS.1309” and the associated document “SCOPING PAPER to AMC RPAS.1309” are now available on the JARUS website for external consultation. These documents are the output of more than 3 years of work by a dedicated working group within JARUS. Continue reading
On 27 Jan., AUVSI sent a letter to the FAA encouraging the agency to allow limited unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations before the small UAS rule is finalized. The letter also urged the FAA to stick to its newest deadline for publication of the small UAS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), and to make the NPRM a top priority for 2014. Continue reading
Romanian authorities have decided that UAS weighing less than 150 kilos should be registered and insured before being used in Romania. Continue reading
The (Spokane, Wash.) Spokesman-Review published this minute-long, aerial video of a local event. Jesse Tinsley, the photographer who used an unmanned camera-carrying aircraft to record the video from 30 feet off the ground, said it was “not illegal, but currently in a gray area.” Au contraire, said the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday. “There is no gray area,” said FAA spokesperson Les Dorr. Continue reading