The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the UAS Subcommittee of the Aeronautics Committee of the NASA Advisory Council. Continue reading
Category Archives: Regulatory Matters
SAAB Sensis Air Traffic Management Helps NextGen in Florida
Saab Sensis Corporation, a US subsidiary of the defense and security company Saab, is helping to advance several NextGen concepts and technologies through its programme leadership and deployment of tools at the Florida NextGen Test Bed (FTB) in Daytona Beach, Florida. Continue reading
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority Reviews Rules on Civil UAS Operations
Australia’s CASA is launching a review of decade old rules governing civilian use of unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
New Mexico State University Psychology Professor Researches Guidelines for UAS Pilots
A New Mexico State University psychology professor is studying unmanned aircraft and the pilots who operate them in order to create guidelines for the Federal Aviation Administration and other agencies. Continue reading
FAA Center of Excellence for General Aviation Research
The Federal Aviation Administration is competitively establishing a new Center of Excellence for General Aviation Research in 2012. The FAA will begin the competitive process by hosting a Public Meeting on November 17-18, 2011 in the Atlantic City, NJ area. Continue reading
Italian UAS Community Initiative
On 13 October 2011 Aermatica organized the start-up meeting of the Italian Small Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Working group, at ARMAERO (General Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments, Italian Ministry of Defense) in Rome, Italy. Continue reading
Thales Alenia Space to Study UAS Command and Control By Satellite for ESA
Thales Alenia Space has won a contract from the European Space Agency to lead a nine-month study regarding satellite communications solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Continue reading
NASA Dryden Awards Contracts Worth $12.6M for Unmanned Aircraft Systems In The National Airspace System Research
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center recently awarded contracts to six research and development firms to assist the center in meeting the goals of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System, or UAS in the NAS, project. Continue reading