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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...

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Be 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...

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My 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...

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What’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...

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AUVSI 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...

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Did 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,...

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Why 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...

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Sponsor 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...

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Is 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...

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Extracts 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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