Episode 86- This episode’s guest is Professor Tony Dyson, robot tech and creator of the world’s most famous robot, R2D2. We get some technical insights about working on the Star Wars franchise as well as hear about his new projects…
Mach-Up, a free, web-based design tool was recently released to assist developers and engineers in the conceptual design phases of airframe design. Check it out here: www.mach-up.com It’s interface was designed to allow developers the ability to quickly create mock-ups for…
Have we plateaued at a new level of absurdity (maybe 10-3), with the police now acting as the enforcement arm for the FAA? Some suggest that this amounts to a huge an unfunded mandate and is apparently another misstep in…
Precision Integrated Programs of Newberg, Oregon, ended 2014 by placing a launch order for Flexrotor, Aerovel’s exceptional long-endurance VTOL UAV. Delivery of aircraft and support equipment is scheduled for spring 2015. Precision’s Matt Parker explained that “we are going after…
I often hear, why don’t you tell anyone about this stuff or, it is just too fantastic and obscure for folks to believe. I do, I write about it and disseminate it here at the sUAS News. Major media outlets…
Since the FAA has publically stated that there is a “dramatic rise” in “drone sightings and near misses” should the NTSB be concerned that there is a burgeoning safety issue? Therefore, may we suggest that starting now, all “drone sightings”…
Over the last three years, I have attempted to show through hard work and dedication that there already is a vibrant and growing small business sector. The chapter has flourished as the interest in what we are doing has grown.…
Arlington, VA — Brian Wynne has been named president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, succeeding the retiring Michael Toscano on 12 Jan., 2015. Wynne is currently president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), a…
(The go-forward plan for the rest of us.) The FAA has long since left the academic, amateur and small business end-user and the public in the dust as actual participating stakeholders. The only “full-spectrum” of stakeholders invited are the DOD…
Looks like an interagency 107 meeting was held in D.C. Here is the reading of the tea leaves No Class A or B 500 AGL Under 55lbs Private Pilot Ground School (Knowledge test) Some sort of certificate N # Look…
