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Rising Importance of UAV Education Amid More FAA Application Approvals

August 25, 2015 | Posted in Autonomy & Robotics, Industry News

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has now approved over 1,000 commercial drone permits, up from just twelve at the start of 2015.

Researchers Given Okay to Fly at Night at Unmanned Aircraft Test Site

August 17, 2015 | Posted in Autonomy & Robotics

The Federal Aviation Administration has given aircraft operating in conjunction with the state's Northern Plains Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site permission to fly at night, officials announced last Thursday.

Sentera Receives FAA Approval for Use of Drones in Commercial Ag Operations

August 10, 2015 | Posted in Autonomy & Robotics

The company's equipment has over 20,000 hours of total flight time. In 2014, Sentera equipment captured 15 million photos, mapped more than 24,000 square miles, logged over 12,000 hours of flight time and managed over 175,000 GB of data.

FAA-Approved Drone Demo in Virginia

August 3, 2015 | Posted in Autonomy & Robotics, Industry News

Southern States Cooperative is hosting an FAA-approved drone demonstration at Grandview Farms in Dunnsville, Virginia on Friday, August 7 from 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.

FAA Plans to Finalize Commercial Drone Rules Within a Year

June 18, 2015 | Posted in Autonomy & Robotics

The FAA may not be dragging its heels on commercial drone regulations after all. At a congressional hearing on Wednesday, senior FAA official Michael Whitaker said "the rule will be in place within a year."

FAA Unveils B4UFLY App for Safe and Legal UAS Operations

May 12, 2015 | Posted in Autonomy & Robotics

The FAA is beta testing a new smartphone app called "B4UFLY," designed to help UAV users know if it is safe and legal to fly in their current or planned location.

FAA to Test Drones That Fly Beyond Pilot's Line of Sight

May 8, 2015 | Posted in Autonomy & Robotics

The FAA announced this week a new effort to eventually loosen line of sights rules by partnering with organizations to perform test flights. One of the partners is PrecisionHawk.

Wilbur-Ellis Receives FAA Approval to Fly AgDrone System

May 1, 2015 | Posted in Autonomy & Robotics

The AgDrone is capable of flying 800 acres in 1 hour with two sensors onboard: NIR and RGB. Flight time and data processing for a section (640 acres) is approximately 3 hours.

FAA Streamlines UAS Authorizations

March 26, 2015 | Posted in Autonomy & Robotics

The Federal Aviation Administration has established an interim policy to speed up airspace authorizations for certain commercial unmanned aircraft (UAS) operators who obtain Section 333 exemptions.

Viafield Cleared to Use Drones for Ag Projects

February 25, 2015 | Posted in Autonomy & Robotics

A north-central Iowa company is the first in the Midwest and one of only three nationwide to be granted a federal exemption to use drones for precision agriculture projects.

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