2017 AUVSI sUAS Competition Results – ArduPilot dominates
Well done to the Ardupilot team, fourteen out of the top twenty finalists in the AUVSI Student UAS competition, were running Ardupilot. Positions one to six taken by the OpenSource autopilot. Only one...
View ArticleBe Careful What You Lobby For
This is breaking news. It appears that proceedings on the ID and Tracking ARC did not produce the desired results. Word on the street is that the last ditch DJI push did not go over so well. I guess...
View ArticleMy bid for AUVSI President 2018 – Patrick Egan
We as an industry community have a rare opportunity to work with both a new Presidential Administration that understands the nuances of the aviation business (Trump Airlines and a Part 135 charter...
View ArticleWhat’s up with the AUVSI?
Including my tenure as Silicon Valley Chapter President (A Nostalgic Retrospective) When I took over the Silicon Valley chapter, it was about 5 or 6 people sitting around voting on what type of pizza...
View ArticleAUVSI TOP – Is It All Over But The Crying?
Is the Trusted Operator Program toast and what should AUVSI do to save face and members if this turns out to be another awkward and off-putting catastrophe? I called it early on suggesting that...
View ArticleDid Safety of the NAS Take A Holiday?
You might be thinking that this story is about the six-month deadline the FAA missed for the online aeronautical knowledge and safety test for the cake-eaters formally known as RC hobbyist. Alas no,...
View ArticleWhy Can’t Droners Have Nice Things?
51 Beyond Visual Line Of Sight Waivers (BVLOS and mostly EVLOS Part 107.31, 107.33) and 126 entries for over people waivers (Part 107.39) hardly constitute an industry ready to scale. I know, I’ve been...
View ArticleSponsor Your Way To A One-On-One Meeting With Federal Employees
This story started as a post on Linkedin. However, some readers thought it should be a story worthy of a broadcast to a larger audience, so here goes. I sent an email to the Federal Aviation...
View ArticleIs The Fiesta Over?
I used to think the federal rulemaking process was just too complex and sometimestoo cloudy for laypeople to understand. Still, at this point, I am starting to believe people like paying other peoples...
View ArticleExtracts from AUVSI amicus brief, RID, vs Tyler Brennan and Raceday Quads
Who knew the anonymous tip line would be so busy. This case is due to be heard on December 15th 2021. I have pulled a couple of bits out that instantly caught my eye and the entire document is there...
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