ConnectivityENGINEER PROFILE: How Ben Wring Makes UAVs Communicate for Persistent Systems Persistent Systems engineer Ben Wring has been enchanted by the “romance of aviation” since his childhood trips to United Airlines’ San Francisco International Airport maintenance facility, where his uncle and grandfather…
CommercialUber Elevate: All the Highlights from UAM's Biggest Show Uber's third annual Elevate Summit has closed, and you can be forgiven for missing some of the announcements which hit downtown Washington fast and hard. Luckily, Avionics is here to round them…
CommercialGetting BVLOS off the Ground with 91.113 The FAA has been trying to streamline drone processes: Low-altitude authorization and notification capability speeds up airspace applications. May's updated guidance removes exceptions for hobby drones. Now, the agency is pushing Part…
CommercialAir Canada Makes Deal to Offer Drone Cargo Services Air Canada is embracing commercial drone delivery: The operator reached an agreement with Drone Delivery Canada to sell the latter's services through its cargo arm. Under the agreement, Air Canda Cargo will…
CommercialBoeing Invests in Global Drone MRO Network with an Eye Toward UAM Repair Boeing's HorizonX investment arm has led a funding round for Robotic Skies, a worldwide brokered network of regulator-certified MRO stations for unmanned aircraft. The two companies last year pledged to work together,…
UnmannedDJI: Drones Dragged Through The Mud With False Collision Claims An unexpected bang greeted an Aeromexico pilot who was preparing to land his 737 last December. With no blood or feathers to indicate a bird's handiwork, it looked like maybe a drone…
RegulationWhat the FAA Learned About Future Air Taxis From Missteps Integrating Drones CHICAGO — The FAA wasn't ready for drones, according to its executive director for unmanned aircraft, Jay Merkle. But the Administration learned over the last several years, and it is determined not to…
RegulationOne Year Later, Will the FAA's Drone IPP Pave the Way for New Regulation? It has been a year since the FAA launched its nation-wide UAS Integration Pilot Program with 10 teams around the country. What does its progress mean for the broader scope of rulemaking…
ATM ModernizationFortem and Unifly Plan to Solve Unmanned Airspace Fortem Technologies and Unifly are tag-teaming the problem of unmanned traffic management (UTM), with a plan to provide military and government agencies an airspace solution for tracking the expected influx of drones…
UnmannedIris Automation Releases Detect-and-Avoid for Drones Iris Automation has released a commercially available avoid-and-detect solution for Part 107 drones, dubbed Casia. Iris is currently working with the FAA to "confirm [the] technology is at the highest levels of…