Commercial UAS flight to be permitted in the USA by no later than September 2015
FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 Start logging flight hours and failures and hope to be one of the chosen few allowed to start dipping their toes in the water. That seems to be the cut of a...
View ArticleUpdated Guidance issued to US Air Traffic Controllers for UAS in the NAS
Moving ever closer to the integration of UAS into the civilian airspace system in America. Air Traffic Controllers received this updated document last week. Information and interim guidance on air...
View ArticleCNN playing me too at Tuscaloosa
Following on the heals of the Murdoch iPad based newspapers flight over Tuscaloosa tabloid news channel CNN have jumped in. The FAA really does need to be issuing advice to media outlets. Could it be...
View ArticleFull NAS Integration And The New False Hope
Drone airspace integration and what not to do if you want a thriving industry. When I was in China speaking at the World UAV Federation symposium, I said, “Whatever you do, do not emulate the U.S....
View ArticleDid the FAA Arbitrarily Change its own UAS NAS Policy? (Part 2)
Some background on the FAA/DOT documents: these attached documents are a series of memorandum involving an unmanned aircraft manufacturer/operator seeking to establish procedures for flying both Radio...
View ArticleFull NAS Integration Plan of Action 2023
Golly, after twenty-plus years of UAS NAS integration, most folks still can’t figure out how the Chinese beat us at our own UAS game. Just […]
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