NATS, the air navigation services specialist, which provides air traffic control services at 13 UK airports including Heathrow, Stansted, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow is now offering courses to users of drones.
Reaper Continues Legacy of RPA Firsts at WSEP
The MQ-9 Reaper demonstrated a wide range of weapons capability firsts during the air-to-ground Weapon System Evaluation Program here from March 14 – 17. Students of the MQ-9 platform from the 26th Weapons Squadron, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nevada, participated in the WSEP for a unique training opportunity – engaging maritime threats. Continue reading
Inside Australian Police Drone Experiment
In Australia, New South Wales Police’s special services group is tinkering with drone technology as it considers a force-wide capability of up to 100 machines controlled by 60 trained pilots.
Czech Primoco UAV Starts Serial Production
Czech commercial unmanned aircraft Primoco UAV, which was officially launched last year, made its first take-off under the serial number 001 and immatriculation OK-X013S on 26th March, 2016.
FAA Rule-making Committee Recommendations Leaked
The FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Committee on Micro UAS is recommending standards that could clear the way for commercial drone flights over populated areas and help speed the introduction of package delivery drones and other uses not yet possible. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the recommendations, which were sent to the FAA late last week. The agency is not bound by the recommendations and can make changes when it writes final rules. Continue reading
France Confirms Order for 14 Patrollers
Sagem has been contracted to supply its Patroller system to the French army as the service’s new tactical unmanned air vehicle, some two months after Paris confirmed its selection of the type. Continue reading
ThunderB Shot Down Over Nagorno-Karabakh
An Israeli-made unmanned air vehicle operated by Azerbaijan was shot down in early April over the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the South Caucasus. Continue reading
Insurers Use Drones for Airborne Inspections
State Farm, the first insurer to win approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to use drones commercially, has launched hundreds of experimental drone flights for routine roof inspections. If the technology works out, the company could eventually use drones to give them a bird’s eye view of catastrophes. Continue reading