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Aviation member organizations are celebrating a historic victory with Congressional passage of an FAA reauthorization bill yesterday that includes no user fees. While celebration is certainly in order, a major, troubling part of the bill has escaped largely unnoticed: the mandated opening of U.S. airspace to drone aircraft — aka, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in […]

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing in Washington after that super-secret American spy drone fell into Iranian hands last week. Tehran claims it shot down the UAV, which analysts have identified as an RQ-170 Sentinel. The White House has asked for it back. The Iranian government has responded with the diplomatic equivalent of, “In your […]

If a job is dirty, dangerous or just plain dull, you get a robot to do it. And you can add one more ‘D’ to the list of considerations for expanding the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — Dollars. There is great demand at the FAA to permit launching UAVs that would perform a […]

Promise of FAA’s proposed Part 108 rule clashes with safety fears.

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Two pilots rescued after helicopter was downed near the Strait of Hormuz.

Manufacturer unveils two new uncrewed aircraft, one based around its H145 helicopter.

Whisper Aero says its JetFoil enables conventional, short, or vertical takeoff and landing in the same form factor.

UAV-only restrictions are in effect around 12 U.S. host cities until July 21.