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Jay Merkle
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that Jay Merkle, Deputy Vice President for the FAA Air Traffic Organization’s Program Management Office, will become the new head of UAS Integration. Continue reading
RPAS CivOps 2019, the 7th Annual European Civil RPAS Operators & Operations Forum, is taking place in Madrid, Spain on 23 & 24 January 2019. This event is coordinated with & hosted by AESA (The Spanish Aviation Safety & Security Agency). The RPAS CivOps 2019 web site has been redesigned & updated, and is now online. Continue reading
The number of requests for drone flights in Russia will skyrocket almost 16-fold against the level of 2015, chief executive of the State ATM Corporation of Russia Igor Moiseenko said last Friday at a meeting on digital development of the transport segment, chaired by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Continue reading
Kenyan filmmakers will be allowed to use drones, Information Communication Technology Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has announced. Mucheru says the move is part of government’s partnership with development partners to boost investment in the country’s film industry. Continue reading
Vantage Robotics has announced that the FAA has granted another waiver for using Snap in commercial operations over people. The Part 107.39 waiver granted to Rutherford County, Tennesee is a landmark first for a county government in the United States. Continue reading
The Draft International Standards for Drone Operations developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) were formally released Wednesday for public consultation, with drone professionals, academics, businesses and the general public being invited to submit comments by January 21, 2019. Continue reading
