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February 17, 2015

Florida UAV Company To Set Up Shop In North Dakota

Will Hire Up To 20 People To Build Small Aerial Mapping Aircraft

A Florida UAV manufacturing company plans to set up shop in North Dakota to build small aircraft designed for aerial mapping, video, and photography.

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Companies Flying UAVs For Commercial Purposes Unlikely To Be Cited By FAA

Enforcement Record To Date Shows No Citations Solely For Commercial Operation

While the FAA is quick to point out that people or companies who wish to fly a UAV for commercial purposes must have a waiver from the agency to do so, their enforcement policy apparently contains quite a bit of slack.

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Helicopter Service Set To Return To Remote Alaskan Island

Had Been Cut Off Since Mid January When Aircraft Needed Maintenance

Helicopter flights to a remote native village on Little Diomede Island in Alaska were set to resume Saturday after nearly a month without service.

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GD Appoints Flynn As Aerospace Group Executive Of Gulfstream

Joseph Lombardo Is Retiring In June

There will be some changes soon in the executive offices at Gulfstream. General Dynamics has announced that Larry R. Flynn, president of Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., will succeed Joseph T. Lombardo as executive vice president of the corporation's Aerospace group when Lombardo retires in June. Mark L. Burns, president of Product Support for Gulfstream, will succeed Flynn as president of Gulfstream. In addition, M. Amy Gilliland, vice president, Human Resources, will succeed Walter M. Oliver as General Dynamics' senior vice president, Human Resources and Administration, when Oliver retires in March.

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LCI Signs For Eleven More AgustaWestland Helicopters

Deal Contains A Mix Of AW139, AW169, AW189 Aircraft

Lease Corporation International (LCI) has signed a contract with AgustaWestland for eleven helicopters valued at approximately $125 million. The contract includes a mix of AW169 light-intermediate, AW139 intermediate and AW189 super-medium twin engine helicopters that make up the AgustaWestland Family of helicopters spanning the 4 to 8 metric ton helicopter categories.

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NBAA: FAA Takes 'A Good First Step' On Rules Governing UAS

Association To 'Undertake A Detailed Analysis' Of The New Part 107

The NBAA has issued a statement welcoming the release by the U.S. DOT and FAA of a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) towards adopting a regulatory framework governing the commercial operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (s-UAS) weighing less than 55 lbs.

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Obama Administration Calls For 'Transparency' In UAV Rules

Memorandum Released To Coincide With FAA's NPRM

President Barack Obama released a memorandum on promoting economic competitiveness while safeguarding privacy, civil rights and civil liberties to coincide with the FAA-released notice of proposed rulemaking for small unmanned aircraft systems.

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Choppers Chopped: Civil Helicopter Sales Mixed

Analyst Brian Foley Says Oil Company Budget Cuts Are A 'Concern' For The Year

It’s said that a helicopter is a collection of rotating parts going round and round and reciprocating parts going up and down -- all of them trying to become random in motion. “The civil helicopter market isn’t unlike that,” according to aviation analyst Brian Foley, “with some parts already shaking loose.”

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