GPS

Study Launched to Quantify the Economic Benefits of GPS

Irving Leveson

A new study is underway to estimate the economic benefit of GPS and quantify what’s at stake if anything interferes with its navigation signals.

Launched at the request of the National Executive Committee (ExCom) for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), the first segment of the two-part study would look at major uses of GPS. It will estimate the benefits derived from the system and describe the costs that would be incurred if GPS became unavailable, compiling the results in an interim report.

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NASA’s Ikhana UAS Captures Orion Splashdown

The remotely piloted Ikhana flies a checkout mission for an Air Collision Avoidance System project. NASA/Carla Thomas

As NASA’s new exploration spacecraft Orion made its way back to Earth from its first test mission, the Ikhana unmanned aircraft system captured its return—making it possible for NASA to stream the parachute deployment and splashdown footage on live television.

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Open Source Dronecode Project Aims to Build Universal UAV Software Platform

Launched in October, the Dronecode Project brings together existing open
source drone projects and assets under a nonprofit structure governed
by The Linux Foundation, resulting in a common, shared open source
software platform for UAVs.
 

 
When Chris
Anderson started the DIY Drones community in 2007, he was a magazine
editor and a dad who knew little about drones, but wanted to learn.
 

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Congress Boosts Money for UAS Integration, Tech Transfer

Deep in the 1,600+ pages of the omnibus spending bill is a boost for those integrating unmanned aircraft into the nation’s airspace and a pilot project aimed at helping commercialize defense-developed intellectual property, including unmanned innovations.

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Applications for FAA Permits for Commercial UAV Operations Pour In

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has received 176 applications for rule waivers from companies seeking to fly unmanned aircraft commercially, a procedure put in place to give firms flight opportunities while the long-delayed rule for small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) is finalized.

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