The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has adopted guidelines for the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in law enforcement applications. Continue reading
Category Archives: Regulatory Matters
CAA UK Publishes 5th Edition of CAP722
On Friday 10 August 2012, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of the United Kingdom produced the fifth edition of CAP722, their guidance document relative to RPAS operations in UK airspace. Continue reading
Sense-And-Avoid System To Transition To Global Hawk
An airborne sense-and-avoid (ABSAA) system enabling the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk to fly in civil airspace will transition to full-scale development at the end of September after completion of a final round of research test flights. Continue reading
FAA Targets Arctic UAS Operations In International Airspace
The FAA is working to create two permanent areas of Arctic airspace for research and commercial flights by unmanned aircraft, as directed by Congress in February in the agency’s reauthorization bill. Continue reading
Insitu’s ScanEagle UAS Receives Limited Military Aircraft Type-Classification to Fly in Dutch Airspace
Insitu Inc. announced today that its Netherlands customer is now authorized to fly the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under a limited military aircraft type-classification certificate from the Military Aviation Authority (MAA) of the Netherlands. Continue reading
FAA Urged to Keep Timetable for UAS Test Sites
Congress, concerned about a delay that has already occurred, is pressing the Federal Aviation Administration to stay on schedule for designating six test sites in December that will allow the operation of remotely piloted aircraft in airspace now used by manned planes, to determine how the flying can be safely integrated. Continue reading
Advanced Defense Technologies and AeroSpy Joint Venture on Sense-and-Avoid Technology
Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. has announced that the Company has entered into a joint venture agreement with AeroSpy, an Austria-based leading technology supplier in the field of navigation, motion tracking, and mobile robotics, to develop and commercialize the first fully certified Sense & Avoid System that would allow the integration of mission-specific UAS into civilian airspace. Continue reading
US Telecoms Cos Oppose Federal Communications Commission Aerostat Emergency Link Plan
Some of the major wireless carriers and public safety organizations are shooting down an idea by the Federal Communications Commission that would allow the launch of communications-carrying UAS or other aircraft to act as temporary links when telecommunications go down in a disaster. Continue reading