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Alphabet and Virginia Tech are teaming up to test food delivery at the Blacksburg campus, home of one of the six Federal Aviation Administration designated test sites.
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Department 13 has launched a forensics service to help authorities examine drones suspected of illegal activity.
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Whether it’s meeting new technology challenges or taking the tedium or danger out of government operations, agencies are using automation to deliver services faster.
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A new agreement gives university researchers direct access to NASA's Ames Research Center for the exchange of real-time UAS flight data.
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Ohio is joining Minnesota, Connecticut and Delaware in testing how unmanned aerial systems can improve safety, reduce costs and increase efficiency in bridge inspections.
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Academic and industry experts convened for a day of conversations on the future of drones, how the technology should evolve and where the regulations could be headed.
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A new prototype smartphone app sends alerts to drone pilots if they approach zones where aerial firefighting operations are in progress.
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Virginia Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced nearly $1 million in National Science Foundation funding to create a 'workforce pipeline' straight into the drone economy for both vehicle operators and industry researchers.
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AT&T’s flying COWs, or cell on wings, would be mounted on drones that fly over areas where cell sites have been knocked out.
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Kansas appoints its first Director of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and Utah proposes legislation to ‘neutralize’ drones over wildfires by jamming their signals or shooting them down.
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The Fish and Wildlife Service could soon be using UAS to drop vaccine-coated food pellets to black-footed ferrets in Montana.
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The information collected will help law enforcement and public safety officials make informed purchasing decisions.
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Bluefin Robotics’ SandShark combines core vehicle systems with a modular payload area and an open development platform.
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An official from Customs and Border Protection urged lawmakers to help speed rules to allow the use of small drones for border surveillance.
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The Federal Aviation Administration released information detailing the cities, states and ZIP codes of small drone owners who have registered unmanned aerial vehicles.
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The Federal Aviation Administration recently evaluated the FBI’s unmanned aerial system detection system in a commercial airport environment.
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Drone manufacturer AeroVironment will work with flight management service provider SmartC2 for the October beyond-line-of-sight unmanned aircraft system traffic management system tests.
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One company is developing an approach to detecting unwanted drones by their radio frequencies and disabling them by disrupting command links.
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Despite a long road ahead, a first test of the UAS traffic management system demonstrated significant progress in integrating drones into the national airspace.
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In the absence of state and federal guidelines on testing and developing the vehicles, some cities are welcoming the cars.
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In recent exercises Navy tested how unmanned underwater vehicles can disable mines.
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The test involves simultaneous flights of up to 24 drones from six test sites located across the country.
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The design of sidewalks, streets, buildings and even traffic lights could change once computers are in the driver’s seat.