The Navy added a second provider of contractor-owned and operated small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for its sea-based missions, signing an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with Textron for use of the company's Aerosonde...

Complying with a recent appellate court ruling, the FAA said it will delete the registration information it has collected from recreational drone users and return the $5 fee at their request. On July 3, the agency made available a "registration...

Students will now be able to experience night flying of unmanned aircraft, thanks to a three-year waiver granted by the FAA to the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus Applied Aviation Research Center. David Burchfield, teaching assistant...

Taking flight in meteorology: unmanned drones are becoming an integral part of storm technology and with the help of two out-of-state universities, Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma are working to master it. From takeoff to...

Kansas State Polytechnic's Applied Aviation Research Center, which houses a UAS research program, received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct drone flights at night. The waiver will be used as part of the research program,...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that it will be accepting applications from candidates for entry-level air traffic controller positions starting tomorrow, from July 7-14, 2017.

The University of Tulsa Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will host an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) competition on the TU campus. UAV systems are effective in recruiting middle and high school students to fields related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The industrial applications of UAV systems continue to expand, and TU is home to innovative UAV research.

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Firefighting operations were disrupted at least four times in four days by drones flying over the Lightner Creek Fire, according to the La Plata County Sheriff's Office.
Local law enforcement made contact with three suspects, and a fourth case remained under investigation Monday, said sheriff's spokesman Dan Bender.
The cases have been referred to the Bureau of Land Management for possible prosecution, Bender said.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given a brief update on the first meeting of the newly established UAS Identification and Tracking Aviation Rulemaking Committee, which came together on June 21-23. According to the agency, which remains mum on many details, the first meeting "advanced key policies of concern to the FAA, industry and law enforcement."

Drones have already become common, but with commercial ones being tested by the likes of Google and Amazon, the government will sooner or later have to step in and determine how they should be managed. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working on remote identification system for drones, which would ensure their safety.

Drone-based delivery is increasingly being tested for widespread implementation. It faces challenges on using the airspace for commercial drones, keeping such drones safe, the cost and even the environmental implementation of such as paradigm. Yet, the probability that we may see drone delivery becoming mainstream in the near future, maybe even by the end  of the year is high. And why are companies investing in it? The answer lies in the economics of drone delivery.

Multiple drone-related bills are hitting Congress at a critical juncture in the emerging technology's deployment, as local advocacy groups and the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) industry debate whether more state and local authority would help or hinder drone deployment and adoption. UAS industry groups and local and state government organizations are split on whether the growing list of Congressional bills could airlift the drone industry over increasing tensions surrounding state and local authority to police the low-altitude areas where drones operate.

Last week, both the U.S. House and Senate unveiled their long-awaited Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bills. Both contain lengthy sections on unmanned aircraft systems, including many good policy proposals. The time has come for Congress to affirmatively declare that total federal preemption of local or state UAS rules and regulations is the wrong approach. The policies in the Drone Innovation Act are a step in the right direction.

A new patent application filed by Amazon outlines the company's vision for vertical cylindrical structures that will enable drones to deliver customer purchases directly to their homes. The tall, multileveled buildings would receive truck delivery on the ground level and through robotic manipulations then transport customer orders to drones sitting on their launch pads on each floor of this high rise; each drone would then fly off and make home deliveries.
This is like a vision of life in the space age; remember The Jetsons?

Four senators have introduced a bipartisan bill known as the Safe DRONE Act of 2017 that would direct the secretary of the Transportation Department to collaborate with NASA to establish within a year an implementation plan to help drone traffic management attain full operational capability.

San Francisco Gay Pride organizers are prohibiting drones from this weekend's celebrations, but if the recent Golden State Warriors parade is an indication, keeping the popular quadcopters from taking off might be difficult. At least 78 drone flights were detected during the June 15 NBA championship parade in downtown Oakland, even though police tried to make the celebration a no-drone zone, according to San Francisco startup Dedrone, which was enlisted to track the devices.

U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minnesota), who sits on the House Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation, doesn't want cities to be able to ban drones outright. But he does want local governments to be able to set their own drone traffic guidelines and to start figuring them out now, before fleets of Amazon drones start cruising down the street.
His "Drone Innovation Act," one of several similar bills recently introduced in Congress, would direct the U.S. Department of Transportation to work with state and local governments to develop a regulatory framework for unmanned aircraft systems — drones — that would protect individual rights and privacy without squelching drone-based commerce.

Researchers at the Boulder's National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado have developed a new way to take to the air to learn what's coming from the ground. Scientists have teamed up to demonstrate a new mobile, ground-based system capable of scanning and mapping atmospheric gas plumes over distances of a couple kilometers.

Drones have become a popular and controversial issue to the point that President Donald Trump met with several drone companies at the White House this past week to discuss regulations for unmanned aircraft. A local entrepreneur, Lance Knowles, has his hands in different drone companies and hopes educating the public will help drones and their new, improving industry move smoothly into the future.

Mike Gearin's drone company, PhotoFlight Aerial Media, based in Manchester, Conn., is tapping into the commercial potential of drones for real estate, surveying, marketing and cinematography. The Boston Globe spoke with Gearin about whether the sky's the limit for drones.

The White House recently brought together venture capitalists and executives from the telecommunications and drone, or unmanned aerial system, industries to discuss how the government can speed technologies to market..

In an Associated Press interview last Tuesday at the Paris Air Show, the head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration called the drone revolution "a huge game-changer" for the aviation industry, "similar to powered flight or jet engines."