CommercialBuzzer-Beating Bill: FAA Set to Get Funding Before Shut-Down with Congress Reauthorization Vote The U.S. Senate today voted 90-7 to end debate on the FAA reauthorization bill which would keep it funded for the next five years and prevent an agency shutdown next week. The…
CommercialFAA Re-Authorization Bill Passes House Ahead of October 1 Deadline A re-authorization bill for the FAA that will secure nearly $90 billion in funding over five years for the agency passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a margin of 398-to-23…
RegulationLAANC Now Available Around Entire US Low altitude authorization and notification capability (LAANC) for drone pilots has gone live at the sixth and final wave of airports, comprising the Central North region of the United States. As of Sept.…
CommercialBVLOS Commercial Drone Flights Launch at Grand Sky Grand Sky Drone Park at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota kicked off the country's first approved beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) large commercial unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flight operations Monday. To mark…
UnmannedIs this Electric VTOL Drone the Future of Aerial Infrastructure Inspection? An electrically powered vertical takeoff and landing (EVTOL) drone is on the verge of disrupting traditional methods of collecting surveillance data about critical infrastructure. Ontario, Canada startup SkyX uses its EVTOL SkyOne…
RegulationEASA Given More Power Over European Aviation The Council of the European Union has updated safety rules for Europe including a new mandate consolidating the full spectrum of Europe's aviation landscape under the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The…
UnmannedFortem Powers Canada's Beyond-Line-of-Sight Trials Fortem Technologies will participate in Transport Canada's proof-of-concept trials into beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations as a partner of ING Robotic Aviation. ING Robotic will be using Fortem's TrueView Radar as its key detect-and-avoid…
UnmannedFAA, DOJ, DHS Add Drone Flight Restrictions to Certain Secure Airspace At the request of federal security partners, the FAA has been using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 99.7 – “Special Security Instructions” – to address concerns about…
RegulationEuropean Parliament OKs EU-Wide Drone Rules European Members of Parliament have approved a deal for common EU-wide safety standards for drone manufacture and operation. Under the new rules, drones would need to be designed so that they can…
UnmannedGA-ASI Detect and Avoid Tech Enables FAA-Approved Flight A detect-and-avoid (DAA) avionics system developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) helped enable an unmanned flight through the National Airspace System (NAS) after taking off from Southern California today. The DAA…
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