Wed, Dec 11, 2019
Stakeholders Will Make Recommendations To The Agency On Test Requirements
To advance public safety of the largest segment of drone operations, the FAA has announced the organizations selected to advise the agency in developing test administration requirements for the recreational Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) aeronautical knowledge and safety test.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2019
EASA Holds High Level Conference On Drones
The vision of a world where drones are used for emergency services, local transportation or parcel delivery in our cities, can only become a reality providing safety standards are met and solutions found to issues such as noise and privacy, this year’s EASA High Level Conference on Drones concluded.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2019
Says Demand For Inflight Weather Services Has Diminished Since Its Inception
The FAA has posted a notice in the Federal Register announcing its intention to discontinue the Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS) on January 8, 2020.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2019
Harbour Air And magniX Say Flight Is The First Step In Becoming The World's First All-Electric Commercial Fleet
Harbour Air, North America's largest seaplane airline and magniX, the company powering the electric aviation revolution, have announced the successful flight of the world's first all-electric commercial aircraft. The successful flight of the ePlane, a six-passenger DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver powered by a 750-horsepower (560 kW) magni500 propulsion system, took place on the Fraser River at Harbour Air Seaplanes terminal in Richmond (YVR South) Tuesday morning.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2019
Give Team $1 Million Cash Prize For Fastest Autonomous Racing Drone
Lockheed Martin and The Drone Racing League (DRL), the global, professional drone racing circuit, have announced the winning AlphaPilot team of the 2019 Artificial Intelligence Robotic Racing (AIRR) Circuit, the premier autonomous drone racing series that accelerates AI innovation through futuristic sports competition. During Friday night's AIRR Championship, Team MAVLab, the drone research lab of the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, won the coveted $1 million cash prize, sponsored by Lockheed Martin.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2019
Demonstrate Its SkyDome Network Defense Platform Later This Month
Fortem Technologies, the leading provider of airspace defense solutions for a drone world, has been selected by NATO to demonstrate its SkyDome Network defense platform. Fortem was identified for the program for its drone detection, classification and ThreatAware platform, and for its autonomous drone interceptor - DroneHunter.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2019
Authorities Say It Is Likely The C-130 Went Down
A Chilean Air Force C-130 with 38 people on board is presumed to have gone down en route to Antarctica, according to FACh officials.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2019
Found Guilty In Federal Court In A Bribery And Fraud Scheme
Former FAA Safety Inspector Manuel R. Fernandez, 42, of Miami, has been sentenced to 75 months in prison after having been convicted by a trial jury of twenty-one criminal counts related to his participation in a bribery and fraud scheme.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2019
Grant Award Only One Of Its Kind In Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University’s soaring drone program is taking off in yet another direction with multimillion-dollar support from the National Science Foundation.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2019
Also: Tuskegee Airman's 100th, Blue Angels Update, Piper Aircraft, SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test
Walking the floor of the International Council Of Airshows convention is fun stuff... amazing people, amazing planes, amazing shows... But one of the most amazing stories of all has been a bit of a secret... until now. Long-Time airshow veteran, Bud Granley, of Bellevue, WA, is about to start his 60th airshow season. A record that may be unequaled (as far as we know) started nearly 6 decades ago as Bud undertook a military career before eventually transitioning to the airlines and civilian airshow gigs that made him a particular favorite on the West side of the US and Canada. A pair of British Pilots have completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in a restored Spitfire. On December 5th, The Silver Spitfire Longest Flight expedition came to a triumphant end as friends, family, colleagues, and hundreds of fans welcomed G-IRTY home to a frosty Goodwood Aerodrome. Escorted by t
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