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FAA Grants Initial Approval Allowing BVLOS Flights on ND Sys…

Leveraging Vantis, the state’s first-of-its-kind UAS network, uAvionix, an avionics company specializing in drones, received approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) small unmanned aircraft flights in North Dakota. uAvionix, with support from the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, demonstrated to the FAA that …

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FAA announces new Executive Director of UAS Integration Offi…

By David H. Boulter, FAA Associate Administrator (A) for Aviation Safety | December 27, 2022 On December 15th, the FAA announced the new Executive Director of the UAS Integration Office, Jeffrey Vincent, who will be joining the AVS Management Team in January. Jeffrey has extensive experience in working across the agency …

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uAvionix Awarded FAA contract for C-Band FAM

uAvionix announced it has won a contract from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for multiple end-to-end demonstrations of a Frequency Assignment Manager (FAM) as a component of the uAvionix SkyLine™ Command and Control Communications Service Provider (C2CSP) management platform. This large-scale demonstration will enable a Frequency Management Organization (FMO) operating the SkyLine …

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MissionGO Achieves Critical FAA Milestone

BALTIMORE – Sept. 19, 2022 – MissionGO Unmanned Systems announced today the publication of the MGV100’s FAA Airworthiness Criteria in the Federal Register. This critical milestone is the next phase of MissionGO’s Type Certification of the MGV100, manufactured by MissionGO. This step marks the brand’s continued innovation in uncrewed aircraft …

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Amazon and Walmart want the FAA to let them use part of your…

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One of the largest government-assisted property grabs in U.S. history is quietly unfolding above America’s cities and towns. Walmart and other giant corporations eager to launch drone delivery services are using FAA authorizations to snatch up private airspace rights and paying us nothing in return. It’s only a matter of time until these companies …

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NYUASTS Selected for FAA UTM Field Test Project

ROME, NEW YORK) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a task order contract to the New York UAS Test Site (NYUASTS) for the next uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS or drone) integration project to help advance the reality of safe, high-volume drone operations, and the development of a UAS …

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Swoop Aero Joins Forces with FAA and CASA

21 July 2022 Melbourne, Australia: Swoop Aero, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) are undertaking a joint Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAS) certification project to catalyse the advancement and strengthening of the global aviation industry. Over the coming months, the project will enable the seamless …

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Zipline Receives FAA Part 135 Air Carrier Certification

San Francisco, CA — June 21, 2022 — Zipline, the global leader in instant logistics, today announced it has received U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 135 air carrier certification to operate in the U.S. Zipline is now authorized to complete the longest range on-demand commercial drone deliveries in the …

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FAA Approves Airworthiness Criteria for Wingcopter

May 11, 2022, Weiterstadt, Germany – German drone delivery pioneer Wingcopter is delighted to announce that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued the Special Class Airworthiness Criteria for the Wingcopter 198 US unmanned aircraft. This approval marks a critical milestone in the certification process of Wingcopter’s flagship …

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NUAIR Partners with CAL Analytics and FAA

(SYRACUSE, NEW YORK) – CAL Analytics is deploying their detect and avoid (DAA) service and contingency management platform (CMP) within New York’s 50-mile Drone Corridor and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) designated uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) Test Site at Griffiss International Airport, managed by NUAIR. The organizations are working …

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