New aircraft expand University of Alaska Fairbanks’ capabilities for long-range unmanned operations The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI) has added two large-payload Windracers ULTRA drones to its fleet. The aircraft will be used for testing cargo delivery and emergency response operations across Alaska’s … [Read more...] about ACUASI Adds Heavy-Lift Drones for Cargo and Emergency Trials
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US Drone Testers Frustrated by ‘Glacial’ FAA
(Source: The Guardian) Colonel Robert Becklund knows the exhilaration of flying some of the world’s most powerful, fast and nimble aircraft. For 17 years he was a pilot with the 119th fighter wing of the North Dakota air national guard, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon was his plaything. He would fly the supersonic jets at Mach-2 speeds, feeling the force of nine Gs bearing … [Read more...] about US Drone Testers Frustrated by ‘Glacial’ FAA
Keeping Up With the FAA: August 2014
August has been fairly quiet for the Federal Aviation Administration. The early summer months were particularly messy for the FAA - the administration made a lot of controversial decisions, enraged a lot of people and was the target of a lot of public shaming. Sort of like the U.S. Department of Transportation's version of Miley Cyrus. August certainly isn't without … [Read more...] about Keeping Up With the FAA: August 2014
FAA Drone Test Site Opens at Virginia Tech
Just last week FAA officials announced the opening of the unmanned aircraft systems test site at Griffiss Airfield in Rome, New York, and on Wednesday the FAA has announced the opening of another test site in Blacksburg, Virginia. According to FAA administrator Michael Huerta, the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems test site program, headquartered … [Read more...] about FAA Drone Test Site Opens at Virginia Tech
New York Test Site to Begin Unmanned Operations
PrecisionHawk, developers of the Lancaster UAV platform for use in agriculture were granted a Certificate of Authorization on Thursday and will the first civilian drone to begin test flights at the Griffiss Airfield in Rome, New York. Research teams out of Cornell University will be using the Lancaster Mark III to study the agricultural applications of aerial remote sensing … [Read more...] about New York Test Site to Begin Unmanned Operations
