Technology portends to be a challenge for the efforts of the FAA to regulate UAVs. As new inventions come on line (i.e. a robust sense and avoid instrument), Part 107 may have to be amended…
A UAS recently landed on the White House grounds recently and caused quite a stir. The above photograph shows Uniformed Secret Service officers searching for evidence related to this incident. As surprising as it was…
ARTICLE: FAA Plans Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems The FAA has had great success with developing useful information for aviation through its Centers of Excellence (COEs). More than 75 universities/COEs, since 1990 authorization,…
Article:Lagging Drone Safety Called No Reason to Slow Rollout The US Senate held a hearing on the regulating of drones. It is clear that this is a burgeoning industry. There are manufacturers of these aircraft,…
ARTICLE: Commercial aviation celebrates 100th anniversary ARTICLE: The future of aviation: Airline leaders’ predictions The happenstance confluence, which occurred on the 1st day of 2014, created some fascinating insights into an industry in transition. The…
ARTICLE: Former Eclipse Aviation CEO Raburn Lands at UAV Firm Vern Raburn is a visionary; the design principles of the Eclipse portended a dramatic change in how aircraft would be manufactured, what the end product…
ARTICLE: Funding schemes in Congress could ground drones; FAA pressured over privacy The FAA is good at a lot of things such as certificating aircraft and approving operational procedures. Then, there are things for which…
ARTICLE: Scientists hope to predict tornadoes by using little drones The issues surrounding the operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) involve complex safety, privacy and other policy issues. The potential uses, beneficial and potentially malevolent,…