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Drone USA Becomes Skyfire Consulting Reseller
Drone USA Inc., a drone reseller, service provider and distributor, has formed a reseller partnership with Atlanta-based Skyfire Consulting, a company that specializes in...
Viper Drones Becomes Subsidiary of My Drone Services
Birmingham, Ala.-based Viper Drones, which specializes in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations with thermal imaging, has announced a new partnership with My Drone Services...
New York-Nevada Partners Establish Training for UAS Workforce Development
The federally designated unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test site in Nevada and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) have entered into a partnership...
Unmanned Aircraft Safety Team Announces Latest Initiatives
At a recent meeting of the Unmanned Aircraft Safety Team (UAST), an industry-government partnership formed last summer to address drone safety issues, the group...
Dan Elwell Takes Over As FAA Deputy Administrator
Dan Elwell has been sworn in as the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new deputy administrator. Appointed by President Donald Trump, Elwell is the second...
FAA Builds Industry Rulemaking Committee for Remote UAS Identification
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has created a new aviation rulemaking committee dedicated to helping the agency identify the owners of rogue unmanned aircraft...
FAA Drone Registration for Hobbyists Vacated by Federal Appeals Court
In a landmark decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) violated the FAA...
NASA, University Sign Agreement to Advance UAS Technology
Today, representatives from NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence and Innovation (LSUASC) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Island University),...
Examining the Age-Old Question: What Are the Risks of Flying Drones Over People?
An FAA-commissioned report has concluded that sUAS are far more safe to operate over people than earlier studies had assumed, says DJI.
FAA Heads to Dallas for Airport UAS Detection Work
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is teaming up with industry partners to carry out detection research on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at airports. Specifically,...
