sUAS News

Gene and I discuss the 2014Small Umanned System Business Expostion, Test Sites and other current stories.   

We talk Brendan Schulman and Gene Robinson about the Texas EquuSearch pettition agaisnt the FAA. Please feel free to call in and ask questions about their use of UAS for Search and Rescue. 323-375-3237

We talk about commercial drones being legal again in the U.S., Trappy and the relaunch of the RCAPA

Gene and I chat about some of the events and news of late. Up for discussion are, the Prescribed Burn episode of Drone TV, the NASA UTM meeting, contributed to articles in the news and other timely and relevant stories.  

We speak with Jonathan Evans about this public effort to showcase the benefits of Drones.

We speak with Eli Delia and Marque Cornblatt about the Game of Drones Kickstarter.

We speak with Sinclair UAS Training and Certification Center Director Dr. Andrew Shepherd.

We discuss agricultural application of sUAS and the potential agrarian gold rush with Utah State Universities Dr. Mac McKee.   http://aggieair.usu.edu

Our guest is Matthew Schroyer founder of the Professional Society of Drone Journalists (PSDJ), located at www.DroneJournalism.org He was also a presenter at the 2013 Small Unmanned Systems Business Exposition. 

This week we speak with Paul Voss about his article for IEEE Spectrum on Sensible Small Drone Regulation. We also talk to Terry and Belinda Kilby about their book Drone Art Baltimore. Lots to talk about with the Amazon First Air and a pletora. Lots to discuss with the Amazon PrimeAir and a plethora of news interviews to review. 

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.