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…
UnmannedBoeing Among Companies Combining for $5M Investment in Kittyhawk A $5 million funding round has more than quadrupled drone solutions company Kittyhawk's raised capital. The latest round, led by Jim Andelman of Bonfire Ventures and including Boeing's HorizonX Ventures investment subsidiary,…
MilitaryArmy Looks to Industry for Innovation in Manned-Unmanned Teaming In keeping with the U.S. Army’s new spirit of outreach to industry, the Service wants to know what the private sector can do to better team drones with manned aircraft. The Army…
MilitaryUS Navy Sinks Unmanned Systems Office, Rethinks Approach The U.S. Navy has disestablished the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Unmanned Systems (DASN UxS) a mere two and a half years after standing it up in October 2015. Assistant…
MilitaryNew No-Drone Zones Hone DOD Counter-UAS Authority Responding to a request to enhance unmanned aircraft flight restrictions over military bases, the FAA recently made the airspace over three new U.S. Defense Department facilities no-drone zones and extended the restricted…
MilitaryDARPA Working on Airborne-Launch-and-Recovery, Multi-Use 'Gremlin' Drones DARPA is progressing toward its plan to demonstrate airborne launch and recovery of multiple unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), targeted for late 2019. Now in its third and final phase, the goal for…
RegulationBeyond the Airspace: Drone Integration Dependent on Industry Integration of small UAS into U.S. national airspace will involve a close collaboration between industry and regulators, with the latter exercising “regulatory humility," according to technology leaders speaking at a Bloomberg Government…
ProfilesPlanning the Future of Unmanned Systems at Textron Sean Baity spent his first wedding anniversary on a cross-country trip with his wife. Also in the van with the celebrating husband and wife were three other guys and two 100-pound autonomous…
From The WireUnmanned but not Unemployed: InfraDrone Releases Drone Pilot Job App InfraDrone LLC released its a new app for pilots, available on both Android and iPhone app stores and via the web. In the app, pilots can: Register for potential paid drone pilot…