sUAS News

We hear from the pilot and co-developer of Lady GaGa’s Volantis flying dress. This is a rare chance to get the inside story on the project and the entertainers views on technology. Who should control it and why. Other subjects up for discussion are the Cal UAS Portal and the FAA Roadmap story.

Our guest is Douglas Marshall, UAS Regulation and Standards Development at NMSU. We’ll have a discussion about the latest Roadmap offerings from the FAA. We'll also touch on the pick 6 for the Test Site horse race.

We have a discussion with Raphael Pirker (aka Trappy) and his counsel Brendan Schulman. Among the topics will be, the motion to dismiss the fine and other general questions about the case and the road ahead.

We get a preemptive overview of the RoboBuisness conference with Conference Chairman Dan Kara and Richard Erb. RoboBusiness will be held on October 23-25, 2013 in Santa Clara CA.

We examine and comment on some of the big stories of the day. The FAA’s giant leap fall’s short with airspace integration effort history and background. Raphael Pirker’s (aka Trappy) Council filing a motion to dismiss the FAA’s imposed $10,000 fine. What literally went down at Bull Run, and other related topics.

More insights, applications and gear reviews from the field.  Gene will be calling in live from a firefighting exercise, and we will recap last week’s demo for the California National Guard.

We will discuss the Drones and Aerial Robotics Conference with producers and participants of the event scheduled for October 11-13, 2013.

We find out moree about the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Airspace Operations Challenge with Dr. Larry Cooper and Michael Hetle from NASA.

We speak with RCAPA President Mr. Rick Connelly. Views and commentary on the past decade.

We will discuss impressions live from AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2013