Fri, May 16, 2014
The FAA’s Flight Standards Service has created, a new and more efficient operations authorization procedure for U.S.-registered aircraft to comply with early ADS-B directives mandated by other countries.
The new approval process is expected to be available to operators at the end of June this year. Perhaps realizing that the UAV train has already left the station ... during a speech at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2014, FAA Manager of UAS Integration Jim Williams on Tuesday announced that the FAA is working with several industries to expedite some limited commercial operations of UAS before UAS rules are finalized. Sikorsky Aircraft announced Tuesday from the AUVSI Unmanned Systems conference that it will develop its first product to feature Matrix Technology, by converting a retired UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter into an optionally piloted variant capable of a wide spectrum of missions. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 05.16.14 is chock full of info in this thrice-weekly news period ending Friday, May 16th, 2014...
Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- FAA Cuts Paperwork For ADS-B Approvals
- FAA To Expedite Limited Commercial Operations Of UAS
- Sikorsky Aircraft To Develop Autonomous Black Hawk For Cargo Missions
- A Successful Test Flight For EPS Engine
- Barnstorming: The UAV Industry Could Be GA’s Savior
- New Titan Engine Company Focuses On Experimental And LSA Markets
- New UAV From Parrot Has Camera Built In
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