A New York county is flying high after scoring almost $1 million from NASA to research delivery and passenger drones. The nation’s top aeronautic agency awarded Oneida County $897,000 to develop Advanced Air Mobility at the New York UAS Test Site (Griffiss International Airport). “The goal of the research is to develop technology that will support safe, secure, resilient … [Read more...] about New York Project Will Explore Delivery, Passenger Drones
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Drone Companies Snag $7.5 Million Air Force Contract to Develop UTM
Two New York drone companies have flown into a cloud of sweet, sweet government dollars after receiving a $7.75 million grant from the Air Force Research Lab. UAS provider AX Enterprize of Yorkville, N.Y. and drone UTM company Thales USA will use the money to investigate state-of-the-art air traffic management (ATM) systems to gauge how civilian and military drone systems … [Read more...] about Drone Companies Snag $7.5 Million Air Force Contract to Develop UTM
Keeping Up With the FAA: September 2014
September was in like a lamb and out like a lion for the Federal Aviation Administration. The news was fairly low-key all month until the last few days: Thursday, September 11: FAA darling Texas EquuSearch gets permission from the administration to search for a missing girl in Plano, Texas. Friday, September 12: The FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Committee: Beyond Visual Line … [Read more...] about Keeping Up With the FAA: September 2014
FAA Approves Second Application for Drone Flights in New York
The Federal Aviation Administration today approved a second application from the Syracuse-based NUAIR alliance to begin flight tests of unmanned aircraft in the skies over Central New York. The latest approval is for Fairfax, Va.-based Logos Technologies to test a parafoil drone, flying exclusively out of Griffiss International Airport in Rome, according to U.S. … [Read more...] about FAA Approves Second Application for Drone Flights in New York
