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    Parsons Awarded for 2 Federal Construction Projects; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Parsons has received three awards from the Construction Management Association of America for the company’s leadership and support on federal construction projects with the Defense Commissary Agency and Federal Aviation Administration. The company said Monday it received the CMAA Project of the Year Award for DeCA’s Joint Commissary Exchange Project, which also won an achievement award in the category for new […] More

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    Tech Firms Demo UAV Airspace Services; Shay Har-Noy Comments

    DigitalGlobe, Harris, PrecisionHawk and Verizon have combined their technologies to demonstrate airspace services the companies intend for use in unmanned aerial vehicle operations. PrecisionHawk said Monday the test incorporated Verizon’s LTE network, Harris’ Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast and aircraft surveillance network, DigitalGlobe’s geospatial big data platform and PrecisionHawk’s Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform. “We are leveraging […] More

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    SAIC, Adacel Partner to Support FAA’s Controller Training Program

    Science Applications International Corp. has partnered with Adacel to provide training services at 23 U.S. Federal Aviation Administration-run air traffic control centers under a potential five-year, $727 million contract SAIC holds with the FAA. Adacel said Wednesday it will act as a subcontractor to SAIC in the FAA Controller Training program. The companies will help educate air traffic controllers through classroom, laboratory and […] More

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    FAA, CACI Partner for Drone Tracking System Evaluation; Mike Whitaker, John Mengucci Comment

    CACI International and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will collaborate to test a company-designed sensor technology meant to help authorities to locate unmanned aircraft systems. Deputy Administrator Mike Whitaker told House aviation subcommittee members during a hearing Wednesday that FAA wants to examine the safety and security functions of CACI’s technology and if the platform […] More

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    Research and Markets: Civilian Drones Market to See 28% CAGR Through 2019

    A new report from Research and Markets  predicts the global market for civilian drones to experience a compound annual growth rate of 28 percent over the next four years. Demand for civilian unmanned aerial systems for use in crop surveillance operations will drive market growth, the firm said Tuesday. Risks of accidents posed by such drones to […] More

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    MTSI Gets FAA Nod to Operate Commercial Drones; Paul Linnell Comments

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has obtained the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval to operate commercial unmanned aerial systems in U.S. civilian airspace. The authorization permits MTSI’s C-ASTRAL Bramor rTK drone to fly up to 200 feet over land and throughout the U.S., MTSI said Monday. Bramor is designed to perform mapping and surveying operations for a maximum […] More

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    Research and Markets: FAA Regulation Rollback to Drive UAV Market Through 2020

    Research and Markets predicts in a report that the global market for unmanned aerial vehicles will climb in value to $5.59 billion by 2020 at a compound annual growth rate of 32.22 percent. The company said Monday its report identifies the Federal Aviation Administration‘s relaxed regulation of commercial UAV drone operations after 2014 as the factor […] More

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    Raytheon Subcontracts SES Gov’t Solutions for FAA Uplink Stations; Tim Deaver Comments

    Raytheon has awarded SES Government Solutions a subcontract to develop two stations for the GEO Uplink Subsystem in support of the ground and space operations of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Wide Area Augmentation System. WAAS is a navigation tool that works to detect errors in position estimates through the monitoring of GPS signals across the National […] More

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    Elbit Systems Subsidiary Updates Air Force Vision System for Rough Weather; Raanan Horowitz Comments

    Elbit Systems of America has updated a vision system the company built to help U.S. Air Force pilots operate in tough weather conditions. The system is designed to keep aircraft safe and provide situational awareness during flight operations in darkness, smoke, haze, rain and fog, Elbit Systems of America said Thursday. EVS also integrates with a head-up […] More

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    Mitre to Support Auburn University’s Drone Pilot Training Program

    Auburn University has partnered with Mitre to carry out a training program for unmanned aerial system operators, Tech Alabama reported Tuesday. Travis Leder writes Mitre will help the university’s UAS flight school to familiarize itself with drone-related regulations established by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Additionally, Mitre and the University of Virginia have collaborated to build […] More

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    Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary Flies ScanEagle During Coast Guard’s Arctic S&R Exercise

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has flown its ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle in the Arctic region as part of search-and-rescue demonstrations before the U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration, Energy Department and other industry participants. Insitu said Thursday the Coast Guard Research and Development Center’s Arctic Technology Evaluation 2015 Search and Rescue exercise aims to assess the capability of unmanned technologies […] More

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    Lockheed Rolls Out Tool for UAS Traffic Mgmt; Paul Engola Comments

    Lockheed Martin has introduced a traffic management platform designed to help operators of unmanned aerial systems share flight information with other pilots. Lockheed is working with NASA and other institutions to develop additional functions for the UTM system under the Space Act data sharing agreement, the company said Monday. “Our objective is an open, standards-based system […] More