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GA-ASI to Host Strategic Industry Engagements in Canada

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) announced that it will engage Canadian companies to participate in the development and success of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPAS. Companies with an interest in participating can apply using GA-ASI’s web-based participation request form. Continue reading

Phase One Industrial and Acecore Integrate Camera and Drone Technologies

Phase One Industrial, a global provider of medium- and large-format metric cameras and imaging solutions for aerial applications, has signed an agreement with Acecore Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for cinema and creative, industrial, and security markets. Continue reading

Pneumatic Powered Drone Wasn’t Made to Fly

José Manuel Hermo Barreiro, also known as Patelo, is a retired naval mechanic with a love for scale model engines. Using only basic tools and a lathe, he has built a non-flying hexacopter display model, each propeller turned by a tiny single cylinder motor that runs on compressed air. Continue reading

K-State Polytechnic Granted Nationwide BVLOS Waiver

 Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus Applied Aviation Research Center has received a new waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration that permits K-State Polytechnic to fly unmanned aircraft beyond visual line of sight, or BVLOS, in all Class G airspace nationwide.

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