The FAA UAS data map shows all drone-restricted areas, once updated. (Screenshot: FAA)

Making it safe for drones to fly over people

February 20, 2019

Changes to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operational drone restriction were recently proposed in order to allow some […]

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Delair UX11 mapping drone (Photo: Delair)

FAA program advances drone integration in National Airspace System

November 20, 2018

This report covers a number of UAV topics, including the news of another U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […]

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Zephyr-S launched for flight test. (Photo: Airbus)

UAVs used for disaster management, identifying threats

August 15, 2018

UAVs made international headlines this month with an apparent attack on Venezuelan President Maduro in Caracas on Aug. […]

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Northrop Grumman Triton High Altitude UAV. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

UAV updates highlighted on European front

July 26, 2018

After a couple of good hours of progress, we suddenly ran up against a massive “tail-back” — as […]

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This article is tagged with General Atomics, MQ-9 Reaper, Northrop Grumman, RAF configuration, SkyGuardian MQ-9B, Tony Murfin, Triton High Altitude UAV, UAV, Wingcopter XBR, Zephyr S HAPS and posted in Featured Stories, OEM, Opinions

Photo: Allison Barwacz

GNSS receiver, drone developments from AUVSI Xponential 2018

June 20, 2018

As the dust from this year’s AUVSI Xponential show, which took place May 1-4 in Denver, begins to […]

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Image: GPS World

Drone-bird to scare away flocks tested at airport

December 20, 2017

Drone operational rules have quite a few restrictions, largely aimed at keeping unmanned aircraft away from manned and […]

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Image: GPS World

Examining the first phases of airborne street traffic

October 18, 2017

It’s been a couple of months since we ran an update on unmanned aircraft, so there are lots […]

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Photo: CMA

Airborne GNSS receivers: Who’s doing what?

August 16, 2017

It’s still exceptionally difficult to qualify GNSS receivers for airborne use so there are only a few existing […]

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This article is tagged with Accord Technology, airborne GNSS receiver, Ashtech, Aspen Avionics, aviation, Avidyne, avionics, Brendix/King, CMC Electronics, FreeFlight, GNSS receiver, precision approach, precision approaches, Rockwell Collins, Tony Murfin and posted in OEM, Opinions, Transportation