Intellition Secures FAA BVLOS Waiver for Drone Operations at Mountain Resorts
Milestone Partnership with uAvionix Powers New Market Category for Autonomous Drone Services
uAvionix Introduces Trakr: Assured, Real-time Drone Monitoring & Low-Altitude Airspace Awareness in FlightLine
Trakr, a new suite of hardware and services that extends its FlightLine airspace surveillance platform to include real-time monitoring of customer-owned drone operations alongside ADS-B data from aircraft.
UK CAA Clears 978 MHz UAT ADS-B for Drones – A Historic Leap Forward
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and UK Spectrum Authority Ofcom jointly announce authorization of the 978 MHz UAT frequency for airborne ADS-B transmission specifically tailored for Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS). Why is this historic?
A Rant About ADS-B’s Role in Preventing Mid-Air Collisions
The DC mid-air collision - what went wrong, what it says about aviation in the US and what we should do now to prevent another tragedy from happening.
Industry View: Failure of Remote ID in NJ Might Have Cost Us Years
Christian Ramsey covers the recent incidents with 'DRONES' in New Jersey, the response and what is says about the future integration of UAS into the National Airspace.
uAvionix Awarded FAA Contract to Advance BVLOS Operations
Bigfork, MT 19 December 2023 - uAvionix, a leading provider of avionics solutions and infrastructure services for uncrewed and crewed aircraft, has been awarded a contract by Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE) to develop the Skyway UAS range near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Through its system integration efforts, uAvionix will deploy centrally managed, networked [...]
Unmanned Vehicle Technologies and uAvionix Announce FAA BVLOS Waiver for Michigan Test Site
Casia G advanced DAA system drives accelerating trend of approved, safe, effective BVLOS operations Fayetteville, AR, and Bigfork, MT, July 10, 2024 — Unmanned Vehicle Technologies, LLC (UVT) and uAvionix are pleased to jointly announce that UVT has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waiver to operate small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) Beyond Visual Line [...]
FAA Approves Drone as First Responder Program BVLOS Operations for Oswego City Police Department
FAA Approves Drone as First Responder Program BVLOS Operations for Oswego City Police Department with uAvionix Casia G Detect & Avoid System
uAvionix Awarded Contract as Primary Systems Integrator for Skyway UAS Range in Tulsa
Bigfork, MT 19 December 2023 - uAvionix, a leading provider of avionics solutions and infrastructure services for uncrewed and crewed aircraft, has been awarded a contract by Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE) to develop the Skyway UAS range near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Through its system integration efforts, uAvionix will deploy centrally managed, networked [...]
A New Era for Aviation Safety and Efficiency: uAvionix Acquires Iris Automation
Jon Damush appointed uAvionix CEO Bigfork, MT 24 October 2023 – uAvionix, a leader in communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) solutions for the safe integration of Crewed and Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), has announced its acquisition of Iris Automation™, provider of optical Detect and Avoid (DAA) technology. This strategic move combines uAvionix's extensive CNS and [...]
Kongsberg Geospatial Integrates uAvionix FlightLine truSky™ ADS-B Data for IRIS Terminal Customers
Bigfork, MT and Ottawa, ON 14 September 2023 – Kongsberg Geospatial and uAvionix, each leading providers of software services for UAS Command and Control (C2) and Uncrewed Air Traffic Management (UTM) systems respectively, announced today, the planned availability of uAvionix’s validated FlightLine ADS-B data from cooperative aircraft as an optional sensor feed for Kongsberg Geospatial [...]
Avionics Needs for Urban Air Mobility
Currently, Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is all the rage. As an industry – we tend to bounce around every few months to a new “thing” which occupies all the press, chatter, and investment. In the past, it’s been Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), package delivery, Detect and Avoid (DAA), Unmanned [...]
uAvionix Receives an FAA Transmission License to Test UDS-B Solution for DAA and Remote Identification
Bigfork, MT October 7, 2019 uAvionix Corporation, designer and manufacturer of Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) equipment for manned and unmanned equipment today announced it has received approval from the FAA Spectrum Office to develop and test an “ADS-B like” solution for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Remote Identification (RID) and Detect and Avoid [...]
Why Bluetooth is a Bad Idea for Drone Remote Identification
As you read this, the ASTM proposed standard for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) remote identification (RID) is up for F38 Committee vote for the second time this year. It has until Oct 16 to be voted on by committee members. I’m going to vote against it, again. I don’t want to be one [...]