Tag Archives: UAV

CNN strikes UAV research deal with FAA

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Aimee Turner

US media giant CNN has teamed with the United States Federal Aviation Administration to advance efforts to integrate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) into newsgathering and … More ››

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FAA stipulates medical and private pilot licence for commercial drone operations

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Aimee Turner

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has stipulated in its latest suite of exemptions that commercial drone pilots must have at least a private … More ››

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Small UAS market to top $8.4bn by 2019

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Aimee Turner

The Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) market will top US$8.4 billion by 2018 according to new research published by ABI Research. The report titled Small … More ››

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Small World

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Aimee Turner

Gary Church outlines the Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Rule the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should write. The last five years have seen an … More ››

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Europe satisfied with drone privacy safeguards

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Aimee Turner

A Brussels probe into the social impact of widespread drone use is satisfied that today’s rules governing privacy, data protection and ethics is sufficiently robust … More ››

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FAA can ban drones flown recklessly: NTSB

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Aimee Turner

The United States National Transportation Safety Board has ruled that the Federal Aviation Administration can enforce safety rules for drones. In a case from 2011, … More ››

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UK drone flown recklessly at passenger aircraft

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Aimee Turner

A quadcopter is thought to have been flown deliberately at a passenger aircraft in the UK as it came in to land at Southend airport. … More ››

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Charles River Analytics wins NASA contract

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Aimee Turner

Charles River Analytics, a developer of intelligent systems solutions, has secured a new contract awarded by NASA to aid aviation safety analysts in assessing critical flight systems. Charles … More ››

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Existing drone tech poses lethal risk: EASA

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Aimee Turner

Europe would see a huge 400-fold increase in potentially lethal air crashes if today’s accident prone drone technology was allowed to operate freely in its … More ››

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FAA grants UAS movie exemption

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Aimee Turner

The US Federal Aviation Administration has granted regulatory exemptions to six aerial photo and video production companies, the first step to allowing the film and … More ››

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