FAA
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The FAA has granted permission to a further two drone operators to use the aircraft for business purposes. Along with agriculture, the development will see drones put to use in real estate photography, popular in other parts of the world but a (legal) first for unmanned aircraft in the US.
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If you were gifted a drone this festive season, then the FAA has you in its sights. It may not be in the form of long-awaited laws around unmanned flight, but it has launched Know Before You Fly, a campaign directed at rookie pilots whose expertise my be outstripped by their unbridled enthusiasm.
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Even before it received FAA type certification, Cessna's Citation X+ had claimed the title of the world's fastest civilian aircraft. After receiving certification in June, the aircraft has continued its record-setting ways with a number of US city-to-city speed records.
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The US FAA has today granted exemptions to six Hollywood studios to use drones in film production. The move marks significant progress in a collective push from commercial entities to tap into the potential of UAVs, something that the FAA as so far determined a no-go zone.
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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has waived the usual restrictions on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and is allowing the BP oil company to use a Puma AE for aerial surveys over land for the first time in the United States.
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Virgin Galactic and Spaceport America have signed a joint agreement with the FAA for access to airspace for spaceflights from New Mexico. The agreement helps to pave the way for commercial flights of Virgin's SpaceShipTwo. It is the first agreement of its type for a commercial spaceline.
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General Atomics Aeronautical System, Inc. (GA-ASI), the maker of the Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) successfully completed the first of several flight tests of a prototype Sense and Avoid (SAA) system, that allows a UAV to see and avoid other aircraft in flight.
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On its way to certification, Cessna's Citation X recently wound up all high-speed certification flights with the FAA, which confirmed the aircraft as the fastest civilian aircraft in the world.
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On Thursday, the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) eased regulations against airline passengers using their Personal Electronic Devices (PED) during the flight.
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World View Enterprises is making a foray into the fledgling space (or near-space) tourism sector that will see passengers take a balloon ride to an altitude of 30 km (18.6 mi) from where they will be treated to a spectacular view of the Earth.
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UAV may soon become more visible in US skies with the FAA announcing that is has issued operating permits for a pair of civilian unmanned aircraft to a company based in Alaska.