Category Archives: Technical Issues

US tries new aerial tools in Caribbean drug fight – Nation Wires – MiamiHerald.com

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Keli Perrin

ABOARD THE HIGH SPEED VESSEL SWIFT: US tries new aerial tools in Caribbean drug fight – Nation Wires – MiamiHerald.com.

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New RTCA Committee Seeks to Expedite UAS Standards

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Martin Walls

Standards organization RTCA will establish a new group in the next several weeks to expedite the development of standards that will enable unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to fly in unrestricted airspace in the U.S. Continue reading →

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Air Force UAVs: The Secret History

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Martin Walls

Thomas P. Ehrhard, July 2010 Ehrhard tells the fascinating story of its origins as a persistent system to track mobile targets and how the glut of “black world” money in the late Cold War years encouraged cost and requirements growth … Continue reading →

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GAO Report: Measuring Progress and Addressing Potential Privacy Concerns Would Facilitate Integration into the National Airspace System

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Martin Walls

Progress has been made, but additional work is needed to overcome many of the obstacles to the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that GAO identified in 2008. Continue reading →

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