NIAS and NASA test the Next Phase of NASA’s UAS Traffic Management System (UTM)
Reno-Stead Test Range -- On May 25, 2017, the FAA-designated Nevada UAS Test Site and its NASA Partners flew five different Unmanned Aerial Vehicles...
NASA Selects Three Aeronautics Teams to Explore ‘Ambitious’ Ideas
Three teams of NASA researchers who have dreamed up potential solutions for pieces of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) puzzle have received the nod...
DUGN Call To Action: Fight Drone Legislation, help beat the Drone Federalism Act
U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have introduced a bill, S.1272, in the 115th Congress...
Texas, House Bill 1643 to ban drone flights over feedstock.
Critical infrastructure is a term to become familiar with. Texas House Bill 1643 has been sent to Gov. Gregg Abbot and he is expected...
Senator Feinstein the Drone Federalism Act of 2017
Jonathan Rupprecht provides an excellent insight into what might lie ahead for American RPAS operators.
It will be important to keep an eye on what's...
Scout Aerial – Australia’s first UTM and LTE Drone trials for Disaster Management
Last week the Scout Aerial team were involved in Australia’s first BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of sight) UTM trials for disaster management. Joining us...
CASA Australia – Can I fly here
The new goto app for Australia, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), Can I Fly Here uses data straight from the horse's mouth as...
No More Foreign RC Hobby Rulemaking in the United States
Re: the Taylor case -"Vindication of the rights of the Congressionally protected." While this is true, we all know that the FAA dislikes challenges to their...
The Inter-Galactic UTM Association And Beyond
It almost seems that a new UTM association springs forth from the Internet on a regular basis. Usually the newer ones need titles more...
FAA Statement Regarding US Court of Appeals Decision
We are carefully reviewing the U.S. Court of Appeals decision as it relates to drone registrations. The FAA put registration and operational regulations in place...