Tue, Nov 07, 2017
President Trump has directed SecTrans Elaine Chao to launch an initiative to safely test and validate advanced operations for drones in partnership with state and local governments in select jurisdictions.
The UAS Integration Pilot Program implements a directive signed by the President, and the results will be used to accelerate the safe integration UAS into the national airspace and to realize the benefits of unmanned technology in our economy. Vanilla Aircraft's VA001 UAS recently completed a notable flight -- flying for a little over five days for a total of 121.4 hours. After taking off on October 18 from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, the UAS began its long endurance test flight, and landed safely 5.1 days later, with three days of fuel remaining on board. The Vanilla Aircraft VA001 is capable of carrying payloads up to 50 pounds and 1.1 cubic feet volume. It can also supply up to 800 watts to the payload bay. Brian Wynne, AUVSI’s president and CEO has issued the following initial analysis on the announcement by the White House of an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program: “The creation of this pilot program represents an opportunity for state, local, and tribal
governments, along with the UAS industry, to collaborate with the FAA to further develop a federal policy framework for integrating UAS into the skies above communities across the nation..." All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unmanned!!!
Airborne-Unmanned 10.31.17 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, October 31st, 2017... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers:
- Trump Administration Announces Drone Integration Pilot Program
- Vanilla Aircraft's VA001 UAS Completes Five-Day Flight
- AUVSI Analyzes Trump Admin Integration Program
- 'Hoot' Gibson Leaves FAA For NUAIR Alliance
- Delphi Signs Agreement To Acquire Nutonomy
- First Block 5 MQ-9 Combat Mission Conducted By 386th AEW
- Measure Launches First Nationwide Drone Service For Entertainment Industry
- AVIDRONE Aerospace Announces Strategic Partnership With PRODRONE
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again next week for the next edition of "Airborne-Unmanned" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, next week!
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