The Federal Aviation Administration has selected nine companies to support a program that delivers authorizations in real time to drone operators seeking to fly their unmanned aircraft systems in controlled airspace. The agency said Monday the new partners under the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability effort are permitted to process drone flying applications. The […] More

The Grand Sky Drone Park in North Dakota has hosted the approved launch of beyond-visual-line-of-sight large commercial unmanned aircraft system flights under a two-year certificate of waiver or authorization, Aviation Today reported Tuesday. The COA, which was given to the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, enables General Atomics‘ aeronautical system business to test its MQ-1 Predator […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions plans to exhibit on Wednesday its BQM-177A subsonic aerial target system, Defence Blog reported Friday. The company received in June 2017 a $34.6 million Navy contract modification for the low-rate initial production of the target drone, meant to replace the branch’s existing platform for the simulation of missile threats in training […] More

Boeing has invested in Kittyhawk to help the San Francisco-based startup advance the development of its mobile-based applications and enterprise software offerings that work to integrate and manage flight operations of unmanned aircraft systems through a single platform. Boeing said Wednesday its HorizonX Ventures joined Bonfire Ventures and Freestyle Capital in a seed funding round […] More

NASA and Uber Technologies have teamed up to identify new urban air mobility-related technologies and concepts designed to ensure safety of aerial transportation operations in populated areas. The agency said Wednesday Uber will share its implementation plans for an urban aviation rideshare network, while NASA will use computer modeling and simulation for airspace management to […] More

Raytheon has been chosen to help the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance design, develop and support an airspace corridor in New York state to facilitate testing of unmanned aircraft systems. The company said Thursday the new airspace corridor will serve as a venue for companies to test drones and platforms designed for air traffic management […] More

The Defense Department has partnered with Dedrone to test a company-built technology’s capacity to assess, measure and responding to unmanned aerial systems that may pose threats to base security and flight operations. DoD and its Defense Innovation Unit Experimental organization intend to experiment with the DroneTracker software designed to help operators collect intelligence from multiple sensors and detect activity of […] More

Thales and NASA have agreed to work together to advance the development of an unmanned aircraft system traffic management platform designed to advance the integration of drones into the national airspace system. The company said Tuesday it will leverage its experience in UTM development and create jobs in New York through the Space Act Agreement […] More

A CSRA-developed online registry platform has helped the Federal Aviation Administration document more than 1 million owners of civilian drones throughout the U.S. CSRA said Wednesday more than 870,000 of the registered drones are from hobbyists while the remaining 122,000 registrations are for individually documented commercial and public drones. The company helped FAA design, build and […] More

Drone Delivery Canada has announced its commercial unmanned aircraft system testing program is being expanded to cover the U.S., starting at the first quarter of 2018. The company said Monday the testing program will have activities that are to take place at the Griffiss International Airport’s Federal Aviation Administration-approved UAS test venue in Rome, New York. DDC’s Sparrow […] More

Research and Markets has projected that technological advancements in the production of military and commercial drones will help fuel the worldwide drone market’s growth to $16.7 billion in value by 2022. The company said Wednesday that efforts by the Federal Aviation Administration and other regulatory agencies to formulate policies that support use of military unmanned aerial […] More

Boeing has secured a registration number from the Federal Aviation Administration for its proposed unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker drone program, FlightGlobal reported Thursday. The company received Dec. 26 the FAA registration number N234MQ for its proposed “T1” drone prototype. Boeing previewed its demonstrator for the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling tanker program […] More