Wed, Sep 20, 2023
The FAA has granted uAvionix approval to conduct BVLOS drone flights utilizing Vantis, North Dakota’s first-of-its-kind UAS system.
uAvionix, with support from the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, demonstrated to FAA personnel that it had established adequate risk mitigations to satisfy requisite safety standards for the specified BVLOS operation within the NAS. The FAA has issued a brief statement in which they state that they have closed the SpaceX Starship Super Heavy mishap investigation. The final report cites multiple root causes of the April 20, 2023, mishap and 63 corrective actions SpaceX must take to prevent mishap reoccurrence. The United States Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst (NAWCAD LKE) partnered with New Jersey’s Toms River School District to host a drone camp at which students were instructed in the basics of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) design, purpose, and operation. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 09.12.23 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, September 12th, 2023... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Holland Lee, Sophie Hurlock, Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, and Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, this episode covers:
- FAA Approval Allows BVLOS Drone Flights in North Dakota
- FAA Closes SpaceX Starship 'Mishap' Investigation
- U.S. Navy Hosts Student Drone Camp
- Matternet Partner UPSFF Granted BVLOS Authorization
- Wisk Brings Air Taxi Service to Wash DC (Kinda)
- General Atomics Poised to Deliver on DARPA Contract
- Volatus Infrastructure Signs MOU with LEO Flight
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