U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $3.3 million in research, education and training grants to universities that comprise FAA’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE). “These grants […]
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Civil Air Patrol Teams with Unmanned Safety Institute on UAS Safety and Education
Unmanned Safety Institute (USI), has teamed with Civil Air Patrol (CAP) to address unmanned aerial systems (UAS) safety and education nationally. CAP and USI have agreed to cooperate on enhancing aviation and UAS safety and education at every level of both partnering organizations, including communications and coordination with other agencies and groups throughout the U.S. […]
Flylogix and Cambridge Consultants to Send Drones Beyond the Horizon
Flylogix and Cambridge Consultants, part of the Capgemini Group, today announce a collaboration that will exploit Iridium’s state-of-the-art satellite communications to safely control unmanned aerial vehicles from a central control hub. This will enable Flylogix to move from local drone piloting at the airfield to centrally controlled operations, massively increasing the resilience of their services […]
U.S. – Swiss Reach Drone Agreement
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Switzerland Federal Office of Civil Aviation announced that they have reached an agreement in harmonizing domestic and international safety standards for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). This agreement builds on U.S and Swiss efforts to ensure that the fastest growing and broadest segment of aviation is integrated safely, […]
Northern Plains UAS Test Site Soliciting Proposals for UAS to Support Site Acceptance Testing of North Dakota’s Statewide BVLOS Network
The Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) is soliciting proposals for the purchase of an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), or drone, for the North Dakota statewide beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) network. This aircraft will be used to support Site Acceptance Testing of the network and use-case development. Proposals should also contain a two-year […]
Utilities Weather Storms with Geospatial Data Technology
By: Robert Henley Extreme weather events are hitting more often and harder than ever before. In the face of this meteorological onslaught, state agencies across the country are grappling with how to protect the essential services their residents depend on. Many have passed storm hardening regulations that demand utilities to strengthen the electrical grid to […]
Honeywell Forms Business Unit Dedicated to UAS and UAM
Honeywell has formed a new business unit dedicated to the growing Unmanned Aerial Systems and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industries. The Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) business unit will continue Honeywell’s momentum and leadership in these emerging markets, utilizing Honeywell’s technology, software, services and certification expertise to meet customers’ needs in these markets. “Urban Air Mobility […]
Drone Delivery Canada Announces Commercial Agreement with GlobalMedic for First Nations COVID-19 Project
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. announced that with the assistance of Air Canada and the Pontiac Group, it has entered into a commercial agreement dated June 4th, 2020 with The David McAntony Gibson Foundation o/a GlobalMedic to deploy DDC’s patented drone delivery solution to provide service to the Beausoleil First Nation Community in Ontario. Funding for […]
System Integrators Selected for North Dakota’s Statewide UAS BVLOS Network
Three leading aviation infrastructure companies have been selected to provide systems engineering and integration services to build, implement, and operate North Dakota’s first-of-its-kind, aviation-grade, statewide network for flying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies Company, L3Harris Technologies, and Thales USA have been contracted to work with […]
Dates Set for FAA UAS Symposium – Remotely Piloted Edition
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) have announced the two-part virtual event for the FAA UAS Symposium – Remotely Piloted Edition, Episodes I and II, will take place on July 8 to 9 and August 18 to 19, 2020. Episode I is scheduled for July 8 to […]
