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Virginia Colleges Get Nearly $1M Boost for Drone Tech Training

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UAO Staff on July 20, 2016

The National Science Foundation award will help UAS operations technicians in the fields of geospatial data acquisition, analysis and exploration, according to Sens. Warner and Kaine.

Virginia Governor Announces Nearly $1M for UAS Research

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UAO Staff on May 24, 2016

Gov. Terry McAuliffe, D-Va., has announced $950,000 in funding dedicated to equipment for a new 5,000-square-mile unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test range recently approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Virginia. The Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership – which [Read More]

Virginia Tech Studies Drone Threats to Commercial Airliners, Seeks Remedies

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UAO Staff on October 29, 2015

Regarding the potential damage drones can bring to passenger aircraft, Virginia Tech researchers are urging changes in how commercial aircraft engines are designed. According to Virginia Tech, certain drones that are sucked into a plane’s turbofan engines – be it [Read More]

Virginia College to Use Drones Over Local Quarry, for Student Training

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UAO Staff on October 14, 2015

Virginia’s Germanna Community College (GCC) says it will begin using drones to help a local company monitor progress at Mitchells Quarry in Culpeper County and will soon begin more extensive drone training for students. According to Ben Sherman, a Germanna [Read More]

Virginia Unmanned Systems Commission Kicks off First Meeting

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UAO Staff on September 22, 2015

At the inaugural meeting of public- and private-sector stakeholders, including Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Sen. Mark Warner stressed the importance of “pushing” the Federal Aviation Administration forward.

MAAP at Virginia Tech Exploring Tethered-Drone Commercialization

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UAO Staff on August 31, 2015

Drone Aviation Holding Corp. (DAC) is collaborating with the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) at Virginia Tech to research, test and advance the commercialization of the company’s tethered unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The organizations have begun flight testing in Jacksonville, Fla., [Read More]

Virginia Gov. Appoints 19 to Unmanned Systems Commission

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UAO Staff on August 20, 2015

Gov. Terry McAuliffe, D-Va., has announced a number of appointments to the Virginia Unmanned Systems Commission, charged with bringing public- and private-sector experts together to make recommendations on how to make Virginia a national leader in unmanned systems. In June, [Read More]

FAA Exemption Holder Partners with Virginia Firm for Drone Services

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UAO Staff on August 10, 2015

Rice Associates Inc., a geospatial services firm headquartered in Manassas, Va., has formed a partnership with Navigator CS LLC, a Leesburg, Va.-based provider of engineering and management consulting services, for the use of drones. Navigator CS LLC, a disabled veteran-owned [Read More]

Virginia Governor Launches Unmanned Systems Commission

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UAO Staff on June 15, 2015

Gov. Terry McAuliffe, D-Va., has signed Executive Order 43, which establishes the Virginia Unmanned Systems Commission, charged with bringing public- and private-sector experts together to make recommendations on how to make Virginia the national leader in unmanned systems. According to [Read More]

Virginia UAS Test Site Conducts Infrastructure Inspection

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UAO Staff on March 23, 2015

The Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) at Virginia Tech has completed a test flight of a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft to inspect an energy pipeline route. The flight, lasting about 90 minutes, covered around 11 miles over a Colonial Pipeline Co. right [Read More]

Media Companies, Virginia Tech to Test Newsgathering UAS

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UAO Staff on January 15, 2015

Ten news media companies are partnering with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to test small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at the Virginia UAS test site. The partnership between the news media coalition and Virginia Tech is designed to conduct [Read More]

Virginia AG Speaks Out on UAS Operations by Law Enforcement

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UAO Staff on October 16, 2014

Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring has given his stance on the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) by law enforcement for search warrants in the state. The verdict? It's a no-go. In an Oct. 9 letter to Ronald K. [Read More]

Firm Using UAS for Aerial Mapping in West Virginia

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UAO Staff on July 22, 2014

Woolpert – a geospatial, infrastructure management and design firm based in Dayton, Ohio – says it has been awarded a one-year contract with the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, to provide on-call aerial photography and mapping services [Read More]

Virginia Tech Names Executive Director of UAS Test Site

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UAO Staff on April 23, 2014

Rose Mooney, vice president of engineering consulting company Archangel Aero LLC, has been chosen to lead the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test site operated by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) selected Virginia [Read More]

Virginia Research Lab Unveils Lifeguard UAV

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UAO Staff on February 04, 2014

Glen Allen, Va.-based RTS Labs has developed a prototype unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that would act as a lifeguard for swimmers. The UAV, called Pars, ‘would be able to drop off life vests in the water and use a heat [Read More]

NASA to Work with Virginia Tech at UAS Test Site

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UAO Staff on January 06, 2014

The selection of six unmanned aircraft system (UAS) test sites by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) may have an impact on NASA aeronautics research, especially at two NASA Virginia facilities. NASA says its Langley Research Center in Hampton and Wallops [Read More]