Sinclair Community College has secured authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly unmanned aircraft systems in airspace at Wilmington Air Park — a step congressional leaders touted as important to the region’s economic development. Continue reading
UK CAA Awards Resource Group UAS Qualified Entity Status
Resource UAS, part of Resource Group, has been accredited by the UK CAA as a Qualified Entity for small unmanned aircraft (SUA). In this capacity, Resource UAS will make recommendations to the CAA for the issue of aerial work permissions to operate SUA within the UK. Continue reading
New, Improved Gray Eagle – First Pictures
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. just released the first pictures of the new, Improved Gray Eagle. Continue reading
OstrichCopter Flies in the Netherlands
The Dutch creator of a taxidermied cat helicopter has turned his hand to a more ambitious project, in the shape of OstrichCopter. Continue reading
CAE USA Gets $19.8M Predator Training Contract
A Tampa defence manufacturer has won a five-year, $19.8 million contract to help teach airmen how to operate Predators and Reapers. Continue reading
Phoenix Aerial Systems Announces Worlds Smallest Commercial Unmanned Aerial LiDAR Platform
Phoenix Aerial Systems announced that they have successfully developed and demonstrated the world’s smallest and lightest UAV LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) platform available. Continue reading
Aeromapper Creates Hi-Res Maps and Lands by Parachute
The Aeromapper X5 is a low cost UAS for mapping and surveying applications. It flies autonomusly after hand-launch and uses a parachute landing system – other UAS with similar characteristics crash-land, which reduces life span and put property and people on ground at risk. Continue reading
US Military Black Dart Exercise Test UAS Countermeasures
The US military’s premier joint exercise to test countermeasures to protect against enemy unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) began on 29 July and run until 11 August at Naval Air Station Point Mugu in California. Continue reading