UAS

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are one of the fastest-growing segments of the National Airspace System (NAS). There are over 1.2 million drones registered in the United States and that number is projected to grow to over […]

Executive Vice President Trish Gilbert has served on the RTCA Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) since it first met in September 2016. The committee was established to provide an open venue for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […]

During a session at the Air Traffic Control Association’s (ATCA) 62nd Annual Conference, NATCA Program Management Organization (PMO) Rep Jeff Woods discussed satellite-based surveillance and new entrants into the aviation system. In his comments, Woods described […]

The most notable news from last week’s “Future of Airspace Authorizations” panel at the Federal Aviation Administration’s second annual Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) symposium was the emergence of a new acronym. It’s one that controllers across […]