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The Federal Aviation Administration and NASA are discussing a joint approach to introducing small drones into the airspace that could give the space agency a larger role in the effort. NASA’s Ames Research Center is already leading the development of an Unmanned Aerial System Traffic Management, or UTM, system that would manage low-flying drones. Continue reading
The US Army recently is looking for help in detecting and defending against unmanned aerial vehicles, specifically, small, expendable aircraft that can pose various threats to friendly forces and facilities if outfitted with explosives or radioactive material.
India is vying to become one of the first countries to import armed Predator Avenger drones from the U.S., a move that would allow it to remotely drop a bomb on any square inch of Pakistan.
FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force, which includes AAAE among its members, has completed its final day of meetings.
Cameras flown on drones could be used to detect leaking underground water pipes over hundreds of miles of desert, according to new research by Nottingham Trent University. Continue reading
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163, Marine Air Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) fly over Lake Tahoe during Mountain Training Exercise 6-2015 (MTNEX 6-15) at Mountain West Aviation, the Lake Tahoe Airport, Lake Tahoe, Calif., Oct. 29, 2015. Continue reading
A deal has been struck on using satellites to track flights, which could prevent a repeat of the mystery that surrounded the disappearance of flight MH370 in March 2014. Continue reading
Stratasys Ltd, a provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, and Aurora Flight Sciences, an aeronautics research company, have announced that the two firms have created what they claim is the largest, fastest, and most complex 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ever produced. Unveiled for the first time at the Dubai Airshow, the high-speed aircraft is built using lightweight Stratasys materials to achieve speeds in excess of 150mph. Continue reading