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A video package supplied to the media by the NTSB shows drones working aggressively to provide data, and high-resolution imagery to the agency charged with pondering a recent aviation tragedy... the loss of 10 people in a Beech Super King Air 350 lost shortly after takeoff in Addison, TX. NTSB staffers are shown, prominently, flying a survey pattern over the structure which, tragically, became the final resting place for the KingAir, and quite a few shots of the drone in action as well were featured as well as the footage that resulted. The plane impacted an empty hangar as it was departing the airport at about 0900 local time, Sunday. A post-impact fire
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Leonardo introduced its largest-ever Remotely-Piloted Air System (RPAS), the Falco Xplorer, last week at the Paris Air Show. The new drone features a payload capacity of 770 pounds, more than 24 hours flight time and a satellite communications capability for beyond-radio-line-of-sight operations, all within a 1.3 ton maximum take-off weight (MTOW). At a hearing held by the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Subcommittee on Security last week, Brian Wynne, president and CEO of AUVSI, called
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