Gentlemen, Start Your Drones

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original article from NYTimes

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NASA’s views on drones

See more at NASA Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Traffic Management Convention or UTM 2015

“NASA Leads Development of a New System to Manage Low Altitude Drones” by Staff Writers

News from spacedaily.com

“To address the growth of this quickly evolving technology, NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recognize that a UAS traffic management (UTM) system for low-altitude airspace is needed…” read full article

beer delivery soon?

” ‘Cicadas’: US military’s new swarm of mini-drones” By Dan De Luce

Named after the insect that inspired its invention, the Cicada, was designed to be smaller, cheaper and simpler than any other robotic aircraft — but still able to carry out a mission in a remote battlefield.

“The idea was why can’t we make UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that have the same sort of profile,” Aaron Kahn of the Naval Research Laboratory told AFP.

“We will put so many out there, it will be impossible for the enemy to pick them all up.”

read full news article in SpaceDaily

Airware platform pitch for industry operating system

Combining hardware, software and cloud services, the Aerial Information Platform purpose is to help companies to meet insurance and government compliance requirements, quickly customize, and safely operate commercial drones at scale.

“HOW IT WORKS: A SELF-TRACKING DRONE – WAY COOLER THAN A SELFIE STICK” By Gregory Mone

quadcopter uses a suite of instruments to dodge obstacles while autonomously tracking its subjects

“US allows Amazon to test drones” by Space Daily

“US aviation officials announced Thursday they will allow online giant Amazon to carry out testing for its drone program”

DOT and FAA Propose New Rules for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration proposed a framework of regulations that would allow routine use of certain small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in today’s aviation system

Establishing a CODE for UAVs to fly together

The U.S. military’s DARPA’s Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) intends to focus in particular on developing and demonstrating improvements in collaborative autonomy of UAVs

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Lawsuits challenge FAA drone, model aircraft rules

The three lawsuits asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review the validity of the directive, which the Federal Aviation Administration issued in June.

more about this directive

Small UAV Coalition formed to promote civil and commercial use of small UAVs

Small UAV Coalition boasts some heavy hitters that have a vested interest in promoting the commercial and civil use of UAVs. The group is also looking to support recreational use of small UAVs for hobbyists.

US drone research hits regulatory turbulence

On 23 June, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told drone users that such aircraft cannot be flown for ‘commercial’ use — defined as any activity that is not recreational or part of a government programme. That includes research and teaching at private, but not public, universities.

Delivery by drone

MIT researchers have come up with a two-pronged approach that significantly reduces the computation associated with lengthy delivery missions. The team first developed an algorithm that enables a drone to monitor aspects of its “health” in real time and a method for a drone to efficiently compute its possible future locations offline, before it takes off.

Drone Jornalism: Closed airspace over controversial places

The coming age of small flying robots with cameras on them will put all kinds of pressure on restrictions and open up questions about what journalists should do if they’re being kept from the skies

Brazil’s Flight Tech exporting UAV

Brazilian aviation company Flight Tech has been contracted to supply a mini unmanned aerial vehicle, which was developed in collaboration with the Brazilian Army through the Military Institute of Engineering and the Technology Center of the Army, to an unidentified African country.

Drones are opportunity for entrepreneurs

“The unmanned aerial vehicle market has been dominated by defense applications, but according to economic analysis done by the conference organizers, the market for unmanned systems could grow to over $82 billion and create 100,000 jobs in the next 10 years…”