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Feb 12, 2016
Though controversial, a House plan to spin off the FAA’s Air Traffic Control and Modernization into a non-profit corporation is moving ahead at full speed.
Feb 12, 2016
The benefits of independent, user-financed air traffic systems are clear.
Feb 12, 2016
Acoustic sensors, radars, jammers, cyber weapons, net-wielding UAVs, quadcopter-snatching eagles, guided projectiles and laser weapons—the perceived threat from small UAS is drawing a wide range of responses
Feb 12, 2016
UAS incidents have increased over time. Here's a time line of notable episodes involving the increasingly ubiquitous "drones."
Feb 12, 2016
Shoreham crash review set to bring increased costs and tougher regulation for future airshows.
Feb 12, 2016
Authorities turn to detection and identification technologies to address the irresponsible and illegal use of small UAS. But can they take action against them?
Feb 12, 2016
NASA’s leadership prepares to do battle in Congress to justify plans to ramp up funding for aeronautics research to pay for up to five large-scale X-planes to demonstrate future commercial-aircraft configurations and technologies.
Feb 11, 2016
In the next decades, commercial aircraft might be flown from the ground and airports might need counter-UAV weapons