Also: Fairfax Public Safety UAS, First Responder Scholarship, DeFazio Confirmed, Mid-Michigan College

The FAA is set to authorize as many as eight industry-financed projects to examine various options for airborne drone identification, according to a notice published in December in the Federal Register.

A report from the Wall Street Journal indicates that the goal of the program is to "verify technologies and provide real-world data to hasten broader regulatory steps aimed at significantly expanding commercial uses of unmanned aircraft." The inability of authorities to identify and track drones has been a major hurdle to the integration of UAVs into the National Airspace. The SAFIR consortium, a group of 13 public and private organisations, has been selected by Single European Sky ATM Research Joint Undertaking (SESAR JU) to demonstrate integrated Drone Traffic Management for a broad range of drone operations in Belgium. The goal of the SAFIR project is to contribute to the EU regulatory process for drones and drive forward the deployment of interoperable, harmonized and standardized drone services across Europe. Pegasus Aerospace has developed a Tactical UAS for use by Government, Law Enforcement, School Resource Officers and Private Security Firms. Equipped with multiple non-lethal capabilities, including capabilities for surveillance, intelligence collection and the ability to incapacitate a target from a distance, ShockWave Tactical UAS is designed to be used outdoors and indoors, is easy to setup and operate and can provide real-time intelligence and surveillance. The compact solution can be used in a fully autonomous mode or in manual mode, and controlled by a custom flight computer system. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unmanned!!!

Airborne-Unmanned 01.08.19 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, January 8th, 2019... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Skylar Vanel, Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers:

• FAA Looks To Accelerate Drone ID Rules
• Europe Moves To Set Ground Rules For Drone Deliveries
• Pegasus Aerospace Develops 'ShockWave Tactical UAS'
• Fairfax County, VA Announces Open Meetings On Public Safety UAS 
• Kansas State Polytechnic To Offer First Responder Scholarship For sUAS Training
• Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) Confirmed As Chair Of House Transportation Committee
• Mid-Michigan College Offers Drone Training

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