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Southern Company System granted FAA Waiver for BVLOS operati…

Southern Company, in partnership with Skydio, announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a conditions-based waiver enabling remote-based, autonomous beyond line of sight (BVLOS) dock operations across its system. The waiver is one of the first of its kind and will integrate autonomous drone systems in support of remote-based …

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Percepto receives FAA waiver to scale shielded BVLOS operati…

Percepto, an industry-leading autonomous inspection and monitoring solutions provider, announced receipt of an unprecedented waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The significant approval allows the company to operate uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) in shielded airspace, without humans onsite, and without expensive and cumbersome ground-based or …

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New uAvionix FAM enables multiple simultaneous drone operati…

Avionix Corporation, a leading provider of avionics and surveillance technologies for UAS, has successfully demonstrated a first-of-its-kind Dynamic Frequency Management System (DFMS) for UAS Command and Control (C2) on the protected 5030 – 5091 MHz aviation spectrum. The demonstration included flying multiple simultaneous UAS operations in close proximity under a contract …

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Spright Earns First of its Kind FAA Waiver for Drone Operati…

Spright announced on February 15th that it earned a nationwide, non-geospecific Certificate of Waiver (CoW) for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations from the FAA. The CoW allows small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) to travel up to four nautical miles for critical utility infrastructure surveys. This waiver puts …

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