President Trump on Nov. 9 made his four appointments to the National Commission on Aviation Safety that will delve into and report on the recent spike in military aviation mishaps. The list of four names was issued early Friday without any explanation of the appointees qualifications or background. ...
Air Safety
A 2017 accident involving an RQ-4B Global Hawk that crashed in California was caused by issues with one of its navigational data devices or navigators, according to an Air Force report released Wednesday. The Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report states that the unmanned aerial ...
The Air Force last Friday awarded UES Inc., a Dayton, Ohio-based science-and-technology firm, a $49.1 million contract to develop new technologies to help counter laser attacks against its aircraft. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and ...
Nearly two years past its original congressionally mandate deadline, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued first operational rules for routine commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), an initial step to integrating UAS into U.S. airspace. The new rule, which takes effect ...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding its efforts to detect unmanned aircraft systems flying dangerously close to airports in the United States. Following a sharp increase over the past two years in reports of small UAS flying close to airports, the FAA on Monday announced an ...
The number of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) authorized to fly in U.S. airspace has topped 1,000 under a law that allows case-by-case exemptions for pilots to fly outside of existing flight restrictions and to sell the data they collect as a service. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ...