Youth Drone Initiative: FAA’s attempt to foster future drone pilots
The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) launched a new strategy to bring young people into drones. Called the Youth Drone Initiative, the program aims to connect youth organizations to advance...
Another big name in the drone world has earned a spot on the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Blue sUAS (small uncrewed aerial systems) Cleared List. That’s the Skydio X10D, and it signals...
There are all sorts of great ways to learn more about drones from the comfort of your own home. There are all sorts of online drone courses, including Part 107 courses, drone mapping courses and...
Avionics Upgrades Coming to Citation Latitude and Longitude – May 28, AIN
Textron Aviation recently announced the newest enhancements to Garmin’s G5000 avionics are coming to the Cessna Citation Latitude and Longitude aircraft, whereupon it expects to have FAA approval...
DARPA Selects Six Companies To Continue In Long-Endurance VTOL UAS Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) this week said it selected six companies to continue in the risk reduction and component testing phase of its program to develop vertical...
Boston-based Merlin Labs, Inc. said on May 30 that it is using data from flights of a KC-135 at MacDill AFB, Fla., “to better understand crew workload drivers and gather data to expand the...
