Category Archives: Technical Issues
FAA Plans Unmanned ‘Sense and Avoid’ Rule in 2016
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration expects to formulate a standard by 2016 that will permit unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to interoperate with manned aircraft using an “electronic means” to see and avoid potential collisions, according to the executive leading the FAA’s effort to introduce UAS into the airspace system. Continue reading
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Domestic Drone Expansion Enters New Phase
The FAA is working to meet the congressional deadline, but the agency is unclear on how the UAS testing program will be funded, or even how much it will cost, an FAA source told National Defense. Continue reading
Posted in Privacy, Private Sector, Technical Issues
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Steerable Paper Planes and Maple Seeds the Basis for Life-Saving, Disposable UAVs
The term “UAV” generally leads us to think about expensive, high-tech military drones like General Atomics’ Predator, but a Robotics team led by Dr. Paul Pounds at Australia’s University of Queensland has created a pair of UAVs that are so cheap and easy to manufacture that they’ll literally be disposable, single use items. Continue reading
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Runaway German Heron Crashes on Afghanistan Air Base
The incident apparently happened on March 17, 2010, but has been kept secret until now. Continue reading
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