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Successful Launch For Blue Origin New Shepard

Sixth Flight For This Particular Booster

Blue Origin conducted a successful suborbital mission Wednesday, launching a previously-flown New Shepard booster carrying multiple commercial payloads to an altitude of more than 60 miles.

Flight Training Suspended For Hundreds Of Saudi Military Students

Move Follows Shooting Incident At NAS Pensacola Last Week

The Department of Defense has suspended flight training for more than 850 flight students on U.S. military bases following Friday's deadly shooting at NAS Pensacola.

Former FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Sentenced To More Than Six Years In Prison

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.

OSU Drone Project Wins $1.49 Million NSF Grant

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.

APiJET Lands First Commercial License For NASA TASAR Technology

TASAR Has Many Similarities To The Popular Waze-App, But Is Intended For The Cockpit And Complex Operating Environments

APiJET, a provider of real-time aircraft data analytics, has become the first to obtain a commercial license to offer Traffic Aware Strategic Aircrew Requests (TASAR) NASA technology. On April 26, 2019, APiJET announced its development partnership with Alaska Airlines based upon TASAR technology that had been the focus of a NASA trial over the past few years.

FAA SAIB: Multiple Embraer Regional Jets

Addresses Discrepancies Found On Electrical Wiring Terminations At The Receptacles Of Certain Pitot Relays

The FAA has released a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) following reports of discrepancies found on electrical wiring terminations at the receptacles of certain pitot relays on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (Embraer) Model EMB-135BJ, -135ER, -135KE, -135KL, and -135LR airplanes, and Model EMB-145, -145ER, -145-MR, -145-LR, -145-XR, -145MP, and -145EP airplanes.

Report: Fixed-Wing VTOL UAV Market Worth $3.5 Billion By 2030

Nearly 20 Percent Annual Growth Anticipated Through The Period

According to the new market research report "Fixed-wing VTOL UAV Market by Vertical (Military, Government & Law Enforcement, Commercial), Propulsion (Electric, Hybrid, Gasoline), Mode of operation (VLOS, EVLOS, BVLOS), Endurance, Range, MTOW, and Region - Global Forecast to 2030", published by MarketsandMarkets, the Fixed-wing VTOL UAV Market is estimated at $498 million in 2019 and is projected to reach $3.5 billion by 2030, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 19.7% from 2019 to 2030.

FAA SAIB: Rockwell Collins TDR-94 and TDR-94D ATC/Mode S Transponders

Some Ground Stations Having Issues Tracking Aircraft Equipped With The Devices

The FAA has released a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) following reports of an issue with certain ground stations properly detecting and tracking aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins TDR-94 and TDR-94D ATC/Mode S Transponders.

Measure Announces Acquisition Of Its Drone Services Business

Company Is Shifting Focus To Software

Effective November 18th, Aerodyne Group, an international drone-based managed solutions provider, acquired a controlling interest in the services business of Measure to create a new, combined business entity named Aerodyne Measure. Aerodyne Measure will continue serving enterprise clients in North America with high-quality aerial inspections and data analysis services.

NTSB Releases Preliminary Report On SR22 Accident In CA

Pilot Fatally Injured When Plane Impacted A House

The NTSB has released a preliminary report from an accident which occurred November 7 in Upland, CA which fatally injured the pilot of the Cirrus SR22.

Rebuilding Monmouth, IL Airport Could Take Two Years

Facilities Destroyed By Fire October 25

The city of Monmouth, IL says it could take as long as two years to rebuild structures that were destroyed in a fire October 25.

F4F Wildcat Found At The Bottom Of Florida's St. Johns River

Sonar Image Led Divers To The Discovery

The remains of an F4F Wildcat have been found at the bottom of the St. Johns River in northeast Florida that is believed to have gone down sometime between 1943 and 1945.

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Recreational Drone Flying Aeronautical Test Moves Forward

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.

Regulators And Industry Unite In Need To Address Societal Concerns On Drones

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.

FAA To Discontinue HIWAS

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.

World's First Commercial Electric Airplane Flown For The First Time

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.

LMC & Drone Racing League Announce A.I. Robotic Racing Circuit Champions

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.

Fortem Technologies Selected By NATO For Defence Against Terrorism

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.

Chilean Air Force Plane En Route To Antarctica Missing

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.

Airborne 12.09.19: DroneStrike... Or Not?, Rotax 2020 Fly-In, ICAS 2019

Also: Pensacola NAS Tragedy, DHS May Require Pix, UAL Leadership Shift, NASA Parker Solar Probe

While no actual physical or visual evidence has been confirmed at this point, a drone is being blamed for the damage to a news helicopter in Southern California. The crew of the KABC Air7 HD news gathering helicopter made an emergency landing Thursday after ‘something’ struck the helicopter's tail. Despite the current lack of substantiation, nonetheless, the crew believes their aircraft was hit by a drone. The new helo was flying at an altitude of about 1,100 feet when the crew heard a "pop," then

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.11.19)

“We have had feedback from other countries around the world where there are regular drone operations that the concern of the population is not that much about privacy, is not that much about safety, but it’s very, very much about noise.” Source: EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky, discussing the recent High Level Conference on Drones held in Amsterdam.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.11.19): Directly Behind

An aircraft is considered to be operating directly behind when it is following the actual flight path of the lead aircraft over the surface of the earth except when applying wake turbulence separation criteria.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.11.19)

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December 11, 2019

Sixth Flight For This Particular Booster

Move Follows Shooting Incident At NAS Pensacola Last Week

Found Guilty In Federal Court In A Bribery And Fraud Scheme

Grant Award Only One Of Its Kind In Oklahoma

TASAR Has Many Similarities To The Popular Waze-App, But Is Intended For The Cockpit And Complex Operating Environments

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Addresses Discrepancies Found On Electrical Wiring Terminations At The Receptacles Of Certain Pitot Relays

Nearly 20 Percent Annual Growth Anticipated Through The Period

Some Ground Stations Having Issues Tracking Aircraft Equipped With The Devices

Company Is Shifting Focus To Software

Pilot Fatally Injured When Plane Impacted A House

Facilities Destroyed By Fire October 25

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Sonar Image Led Divers To The Discovery

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Stakeholders Will Make Recommendations To The Agency On Test Requirements

EASA Holds High Level Conference On Drones

Says Demand For Inflight Weather Services Has Diminished Since Its Inception

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Harbour Air And magniX Say Flight Is The First Step In Becoming The World's First All-Electric Commercial Fleet

Give Team $1 Million Cash Prize For Fastest Autonomous Racing Drone

Demonstrate Its SkyDome Network Defense Platform Later This Month

Authorities Say It Is Likely The C-130 Went Down

Also: Pensacola NAS Tragedy, DHS May Require Pix, UAL Leadership Shift, NASA Parker Solar Probe

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