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February 27, 2018

Airborne-Unmanned 02.27.18: FAA UAS Symposium, Olympic Drones, Drone Vests?

Also: Cincinnati Airport, EASA Safe Drone Ops, Kratos Receives $81M, Lockheed Martin UV Software

The FAA and AUVSI will co-host the 3rd Annual FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Symposium on March 6-8, 2018 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD. The Symposium will bring together representatives from the FAA, other government agencies, industry and academia to discuss the latest issues related to the burgeoning use of unmanned aircraft and their integration into the National Airspace System. There will be panels, breakout sessions, and workshops during the three-day event. During the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 Closing Ceremony, 300 Intel® Shooting Star™ drones took flight to celebrate the athletes who competed in this year’s games. The aeri

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German Aerospace Center To Test Ascent Solar Technology

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Ascent Solar Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art, lightweight and flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solutions, announces that the company has been selected by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) for further testing to develop custom PV products designed specifically for DLR’s upcoming solar array deployment system.

Scientists Call Event A 'Cosmic Wake-Up Call'

A blinding flash, a loud sonic boom, and shattered glass everywhere. This is what the people of Chelyabinsk, Russia, experienced five years ago when an asteroid exploded over their city the morning of Feb. 15, 2013.

Found Two Dark Storms The Formed, Then Vanished

Three billion miles away on the farthest known major planet in our solar system, an ominous, dark storm – once big enough to stretch across the Atlantic Ocean from Boston to Portugal – is shrinking out of existence as seen in pictures of Neptune taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

Boat Fitted With A Large Net Attempted ... Unsuccessfully ... To Catch The Payload Fairing

It appears boosters are not the only thing SpaceX hopes to recycle from its launch program. Now, the company is attempting to recapture parts of the upper stage as well.

SNCorp CEO Invited To Join The Panel To Advance Administration's Space Goals

Vice President Mike Pence, Chairman of the National Space Council, has announced the candidates selected to serve on the National Space Council’s Users Advisory Group. Pending official appointment by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the selected members of the Users Advisory Group will serve to fulfill President Trump’s mandate to “foster close coordination, cooperation, and technology and information exchange” across our nation’s space enterprise.