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The Command Non-Payload Control (CNPC) flight test control room is the center of activity for all CNPC flight testing, which has included multiple aircraft and a variety of radio and antenna configurations
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., is entering the final stages of a nine-year project with NASA to enable unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to operate safely in the National Airspace System (NAS). Continue reading
A new coalition has launched to protect the model aviation hobby industry, starting with the fight for a better rule on remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
Iris Automation announced that customer United Drone Holdings (UDH) has been granted the first BVLOS flight approval by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) to conduct long-range commercial flights with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Continue reading
Drone operators will no longer be required to get approval from the Department of Defence and permits will be issued based on security risk instead of weight and use, a revised draft regulation states. Continue reading
Custom applicators and farmers looking to use drones to apply herbicides to crops in Canada are still in a holding pattern. Continue reading
Vodafone UK is calling for commercial and public sector drones to be fitted with SIM cards to give them cellular network connectivity. Continue reading
The FAA published on December 31 a detailed and long-awaited proposal to create a system to track and manage every flight by millions of drones, and many stakeholders responded swiftly: The online document logged more than 100,000 views and 1,000 comments within three days of its publication. Continue reading
Example of UAS Flight Test Conducted at a Test Site
The Federal Aviation Administration, in coordination with industry, is working on safely integrating drones into the national airspace with manned aircraft. FAA has 7 designated drone test sites, which have facilitated about 15,000 drone research flights since 2015. Continue reading