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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta has announced the public release of the B4UFLY mobile application following an initial beta testing period.
The United States is trying to prosecute a man it’s accused of trying to smuggle parts for military-grade drones to the Pakistani military from Tucson. Continue reading
One of the UK’s top aerobatic pilots, Lauren Richardson, shows off her skills in her Pitts Special aircraft during (this second part of her display at) the Little Gransden Air and Car Show in 2014. Continue reading
ESPN will not employ drones to videotape the 2016 X Games in Aspen, according to a spokesman who said the decision is unrelated to the International Ski Federation’s recent ban of the flying devices after one almost hit an Austrian racer during a December World Cup event.
In a statement, the Indian Air Force has revealed that “a group of terrorists were detected by the aerial surveillance platforms as soon as they entered the Air Force Station at Pathankot”. Continue reading
A recreational drone possibly crashed into a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. overhead conductor Sunday evening, causing a power failure that lasted more than an hour in a small section of San Francisco.
General Atomics is to start testing a potentially revolutionary weapon next month: a 150-kilowatt class laser. Several other companies are developing laser weapons and “we’re looking at all of them,” said Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold, head of Air Force Special Operations Command, in an interview with Breaking Defense. Continue reading