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What Really Happens if a Drone Lands on Your Head?

picture: AssureUAS.org A consortium of analysis organizations printed a report final week describing what would possibly actually occur if a drone hit a particular person on the bottom. The report was commissioned by the FAA to assist inform future regulation about drone flight over individuals, at the moment restricted.  The …

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Vigilant Releases New Video of NASA BVLOS Detect-and-Avoid T…

NASA Senior Flight Engineer Dr. Ricardo Arteaga and Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson on-site for past line-of-sight testing at NASA Armstrong, Image courtesy Vigilant Vigilant Aerospace, below the commentary of the FAA and NASA, has accomplished past visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight testing of its new FlightHorizon collision avoidance system for drones.  The …

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Vigilant Aerospace Releases List of Commercial Drones for BV…

Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc. has released a list of all commercial drones currently available in the US market that have the flight and communications range to be flown beyond line-of-sight (BVLOS), including some aircraft with ranges of many miles.  As the FAA begins to consider and issue waivers to commercial drone …

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NASA Testing BVLOS Flight in Reno

wp-image-42146″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-12-at-9.21.22-AM.png” alt=”Screen Shot 2016-09-12 at 9.21.22 AM” width=”242″ height=”215″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-12-at-9.21.22-AM.png 403w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-12-at-9.21.22-AM-300×267.png 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px”/>NASA took drones one step further towards integration into the NAS last week Recode reports, testing flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) at the Reno, NV airport.  BVLOS drone flight is not allowed …

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