In March, the UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) submitted its final report to the FAA, providing recommendations for new regulations to normalize drone operations BVLOS. Routine commercial drone operations hold promise to provide economic, sustainability, and equity benefits to the public.
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Congress Passes Legislation to Accelerate Safe AAM Integration
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), which captures Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and Regional Air Mobility (RAM), is an already proven form of sustainable
West Virginia Legislative Clarification Needed for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)
One of the most concerted advocacy pushes AUVSI has made this year has been in West Virginia, where HB 4667 was recently signed into law. Th
An Agile US Department of Defense: A Message from Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering
On Wednesday, April 27, AUVSI's XPONENTIAL featured keynote speaker was Heidi Shyu, the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense. In her role at the Pentagon, she works towards technological superiority of the U.S. military and is responsible for the research, development, and prototyping activities across the DoD enterprise.
She mentioned that DoD is now using the AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma, which is a small, battery powered, hand-launched unmanned aircraft system used for surveillance and intelligence gathering using an electro-optical and infrared camera.
