RCAPA cites incongruities in the UAS ARC charter and what is transpiring as part of an alleged “public process”. The charter and membership roster FOIA requested by sUAS News is applicable and of concern to the small business, end-user and academic community stakeholders. This egregious oversight is yet another example of what many in the global airspace integration community...
Using a Grand Forks Predator to help in a civil arrest may have opened up a can of worms for rule makers in the USA. Harley Geiger Policy Counsel from the Center for Democracy and Technology wrote to sUAS News to underline CDT’s position. Some sensible stuff here. As you are aware, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to issue...
ND airspace plan raises questions, concerns By Dan Namowitz A proposal to create new restricted airspace in North Dakota for training of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)raises more questions than it answers, undermines safety, and would set a dangerous precedent in creating additional restricted airspace for use solely by UAS, AOPA said, urging members to comment on the proposal by Feb. 12....
A new chair for the committee shaping standards for UAS flight in the USA. Ted Wierzbanowski is a retired USAF Colonel and an experimental test pilot. He has been deeply involved in advanced aircraft development since the early 80s when he was the first Air Force test pilot/project manager for the X-29 program. During that time he also was the fighter...
These guidelines have been referenced numerous times in stories and commentary across the web and here as recently as part of the 2011 year wrap up. They are posted here as both a reference for what has been done not just as far as written down, but what was a baseline for small business viability and a fraction of what...
Four months after the disappearance of Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi, the CBI flew an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the area where her body is suspected to have been disposed of, scouring the terrain for any visible sign of her remains. Investigators zoomed in on the suspected area on Monday after questioning key suspect Om Prakash Bishnoi, who is...
Recapping this year’s events offers much in the way of food for thought, but does little to uplift a depressed business plan, having been under the clown shoe of oppression for many moons. Let us take a moment to hearken back to the faint whispers of the spirit of integration effort past, circa November 2006… “60 to 90 days tops,...
Good job the local Police did’nt realise what Brian was doing was illegal… Reminds me of a similar flyaway incident in Scotland. A photographer working on a documentary focusing on Willamette Falls in Oregon has lost a UAV he was using to shoot aerial photos earlier this month, and some residents are taking s dim view of his search...
Senator John Hoeven today outlined three key steps that will help establish Grand Forks as a regional center for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). These include: Language in the Department of Defense Authorization Bill requiring the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish UAS National Airspace integration pilot projects Passage of a funding measure supporting Global Hawk programs, and Recent coordination...
sUAS News recently received a copy of a letter (posted as part of this article) that essentially lays out a litany of process grievances that spans a six year plus timeline. The letter serves to highlight issues that appear to conflict with the public’s best interest and defense contractors “standard stuffing” the process, a condition pandemic in the global UAS...
