CommercialJoint Venture With Japan Could Yield Connectivity Through High-Altitude, Solar-Powered Drone A high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) is a category of unmanned aircraft that AeroVironment Inc. thinks could deliver a multitude of benefits to the commercial market through use of Internet of Things (IoT) and…
CommercialDrone Strike Hazards Confirmed in New Manned-Unmanned Study When an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) struck a Beechcraft King Air 100’s wing last month in Canada, it showed that hypothetical “what-ifs” about the dangers of drones flying around manned aircraft aren’t…
RegulationFAA Seeks Comments on Drone Airworthiness Criteria The FAA said FlightScan Corp. wants to certificate the Camcopter S-100, a helicopter-shaped unmanned aircraft system originally from Schiebel. The agency is now looking for public comments on proposed airworthiness criteria for…
CommercialCanadian Firm Tests Drone Delivery in Class E Airspace Drone Delivery Canada tested its service with Transport Canada approval in airspace that hosts “hundreds of daily helicopter and aircraft flights,” the company said. Autonomous delivery was tested in the Moose Factory…
CommercialTransport Canada OKs Drone Operator to Fly Commercially Without Prior Notification Quebec-based land survey firm Arpentage Parleciel has become the first recipient of a compliant operator special flight operations certificate (SFOC) for its unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations. This means that the company…
CommercialNASA Creates Industry Day to Talk Drone/NAS Integration with Academia, Industry NASA is further calling on the industry to help with unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration into the U.S. national airspace system (NAS). The agency is hosting an industry day at the end…
RegulationWhite House Drone Integration Program Calls for More Test Sites, Concept Evals The White House is creating an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration pilot program, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said Wednesday. This would give the U.S. Transportation Department the power to enter into…
RegulationCanada's Safety Board Probes Drone-Airplane Collision The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating the collision of an unmanned aircraft system and Beechcraft King Air A100. Marc Garneau, Canada’s minister of transport, called it a "first" for the…
RegulationDrone Hits Passenger Airplane in Canada A Skyjet Aviation flight collided with an unmanned aircraft system while the passenger airplane was on approach to Jean Lesage International Airport in Québec City. Marc Garneau, Canada’s minister of transport, called…
CommercialEurocontrol Leads New SESAR Effort for UTM SESAR is gearing up to kick off a drone project in January. The SESAR Horizon 2020 PODIUM project (which stands for “Single European Sky ATM Research Horizon 2020 Proving Operations of Drones…