Last week, all 12 Liberty University School of Aeronautics (LUSOA) students in the new Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) concentration received operator certification in the Dragon Eye UAS, making them the first Liberty students to receive full industry certification in the field. Continue reading
Thales Watchkeeper Gets Statement of Type Design Assurance from the UK Military Aviation Authority
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Thales UK has announced that its Watchkeeper Unmanned Air System (UAS) has received a Statement of Type Design Assurance (STDA) from the UK’s Military Aviation Authority (MAA). Continue reading
Solar Powered High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Successful Test Flight
Astrium has successfully completed the first flight of its long endurance Zephyr solar powered High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) since it acquired the assets of the Zephyr programme in March 2013 from QinetiQ in the UK. Continue reading
DJI Phantom Crashes into Canadian Lake
Ontario Tourism, busy trying to capture the Limberlost Forest and Wildlife Reserve from the air, had a small UAS go down last weekend. It’s a pretty view, and it appears to be getting great shoots, until something goes horribly wrong. Continue reading
Kansas State University Selected to Test Certification Standards for UAS
Kansas State University in Salina has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to test certification standards for unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
UPG Australia Offers One-Week UAS Flight School
Australian geospatial technology provider, Ultimate Positioning Group (UPG), recently announced a new one-week training course for UAS owners to gain their remote pilot certification – a first on the Australian market, they claim. Continue reading
UAS Help California Vineyard Plan Irrigation
DRNK Wines, a vineyard located in Sebastolpol, California, recently had 3D Robotics fly a UAS over its fields. 3D Robotics specializes in piloting systems for smaller UAS, and the vineyard used 3D Robotics’s route-plotting software for mapping out the aircraft’s precise path. Continue reading
New UAS Tech Centre to be Built Near Barcelona
CATUAV has started this week the construction of a tech centre for UAS, robotics and remote sensing civil projects. The CATUAV Tech Center (CTC) will be open to any company, research center, university or individual interested on using its UAS airfield and facilities in order to develop, test and/or certify UAS technology. Continue reading