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National Defense May 2008 Breanne Wagner	Worries About Mid-Air Collisions Keep Civilian Drones Grounded The agency that controls the domestic airspace, the Federal Aviation Administration, said unmanned aircraft are not yet ready to conduct realistic missions.
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National Defense October 2007 Breanne Wagner	Civilian Market for Unmanned Aircraft Struggles to Take Flight As the demand for unmanned aerial vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan continues to increase, government agencies and contractors are clamoring to use aerial drones for domestic missions in U.S. national airspace.
National Defense May 2014 Valerie Insinna	Military, Industry Racing to Create Sense-and-Avoid Systems Congress has set a 2015 deadline for the Federal Aviation Administration to phase drones into civil airspace, but one of the technologies needed to safely operate unmanned aircraft won't be ready until at least a year later.
National Defense October 2011 Stew Magnuson	FAA Sets Date for Small Unmanned Planes in U.S. Airspace Mid-2013 is the latest estimate for when the Federal Aviation Administration will allow operators of small unmanned aerial vehicles to fly in national airspace without having to go through a lengthy bureaucratic certification process, according to an agency official.
National Defense October 2009 Stew Magnuson	FAA Still Working on Rules for Domestic Pilotless Aircraft Use The Federal Aviation Administration fears that a drones will collide with commercial aircraft.
National Defense July 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Collision Avoidance Technology for Unmanned Aircraft Years Away Sense-and-avoid technology is a conundrum for unmanned aerial vehicle engineers and researchers.
National Defense October 2009 Grace Jean	Technologies to Help Aircraft Avoid Mid-Air Collisions Recent flight tests of newly developed technologies are proving that it is possible to fly manned and unmanned aircraft safely in the same airspace.
National Defense March 2011 Stew Magnuson	Domestic Unpiloted Aircraft May Use 'Tunneling' to Fly in National Airspace The concept called "tunneling," requires the setting up of safe corridors through airways and the pre-placement of sensors at points along the way.
National Defense February 2015 Valerie Insinna	General Atomics Tests Sense-and-Avoid System General Atomics and NASA in November began flight testing a proof-of-concept sense-and-avoid system integrated onto an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009 John Keller	UAV Aircraft and Crowded Civil Air Space: Is it Safe Out There? It's only a matter of time before the aerial unmanned vehicle take their place in civilian air space. How are we going to fit all these planes?
National Defense October 2013 Stew Magnuson	FAA Delays Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Test Site Selection to End of Year The Federal Aviation Administration is on track to select by the end of the year six sites where it can test unmanned aerial vehicles, said a representative of an industry trade group.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 J.R. Wilson	Manned and Unmanned Aircraft to Share Controlled and Commercial Airspace Governments, organizations, and industries throughout the world are trying to find ways of developing electronic and electro-optical technologies to enable unmanned aerial vehicles to operate together safely.
National Defense May 2012 Stew Magnuson	Regulatory, Technological Hurdles Stand In Way of Domestic Drone Mandate If Congress gets its way, by Sept. 30, 2015, unmanned aerial vehicles will be seamlessly flying in national airspace alongside passenger jets, military aircraft and single-prop general aviation Pipers.
National Defense February 2014 Dan Parsons	Drones Over U.S. Soil Still Years Away, Despite Congressional Mandate The Federal Aviation Administration has less than a year left to meet its congressionally mandated 2015 deadline for clearing drones to fly over U.S. soil.
IEEE Spectrum December 2011 Philip E. Ross	When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners? Unmanned planes dominate the battlefield, yet airliners still have pilot - -and copilots.
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean	Unmanned Systems Could Fly Majority of Air Force Missions Surveillance drones are becoming mainstream and the Air Force is even exploring a broader range of future missions for unmanned systems.
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Navy's Unmanned Combat Aircraft Flying Under Cloud of Uncertainty The Navy expects to invest a growing share of its aviation research dollars in unmanned aircraft as it seeks to extend the reach and endurance of its carrier-based air wings.
National Defense February 2008 David A. Deptula	Unmanned Aircraft Not Just for Combat The speed with which unmanned aircraft capabilities have advanced in recent years has been astonishing.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005 John Keller	Navy looks into how to control next-generation autonomous unmanned aircraft U.S. Navy experts are redesigning the unmanned aerial vehicle control station of the future -- to accommodate new technologies and futuristic pilotless aircraft, and to reduce military manning levels by introducing more machine autonomy.
National Defense May 2013 Dan Parsons	Booming Unmanned Aircraft Industry Straining to Break Free of Regulations The advent of unmanned aerial vehicles taking flight within U.S. national airspace could mean an enormous economic windfall for aviation entrepreneurs and the nation's economy.
National Defense August 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Non-Military Market for Unpiloted Aircraft Will Remain Sluggish The unmanned-aviation industry will be anxiously awaiting the release of new U.S. government regulations that may provide clues to whether unpiloted aircraft will receive flight rights in the national airspace.
Fast Company Daniel Terdiman	Google's Project Wing Swoops Into Drone Air Traffic Control Conversation Dave Vos, who heads up the search giant's secretive version of a delivery drone -- talked about how the company wants to join with some of technology's biggest players in a broad air-traffic control system.
National Defense December 2013 Dan Parsons	Debate Continues Over Role of Simulators in UAS Pilot Training There still is no agreed upon method of training new UAS pilots -- and keeping seasoned operators proficient -- for future conflicts where U.S. drones will be flying in contested airspace.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Safety Concerns Still Blocking Unmanned Aerial Vehicles From National Airspace The Pentagon, along with the Department of Homeland Security and NASA, has been negotiating with the Federal Aviation Administration for years to allow unmanned aerial vehicles to gain regular access to the national airspace.
Popular Mechanics August 2007 Barbara S. Peterson	End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS.
National Defense July 2014 Valerie Insinna	Partnerships on Rise Between Drone Makers and Universities As commercial demand for unmanned aircraft grows, manufacturers and universities are increasingly joining forces on efforts to train pilots and develop new technologies.
National Defense August 2008 Sara Peck	Civilian Drones Have Yet to Pass Weather Test Researchers at the Army's White Sands Missile Range in Arizona are developing weather forecasting software to help unmanned aerial vehicles fly in a variety of climates.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 J.R. Wilson	The evolution of UAV avionics Success of military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and development of new platforms for information, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) has led to some significant advances in small-scale avionics systems.
National Defense October 2012 Stew Magnuson	FAA Misses First Unmanned Aviation Deadline Only five days after the acting administrator confidently affirmed that the Federal Aviation Administration would meet its goals for integrating unmanned aerial vehicles into national airspace, the agency let a congressionally mandated deadline slip.
National Defense July 2012 Dan Parsons	Teaming Pilots With Drones Hampered By Technology The Army recently found that the most cost effective solution to replace its scout helicopters was a mix of traditional rotary wing platforms and unmanned aerial vehicles flying alongside to cover more ground in a single mission.
National Defense July 2010 Austin Wright	Army's Unmanned Aviation Fleet Faces Technology Challenges To boost the capabilities of unmanned aircraft, the Army identified three key areas where improved technology is needed: interoperability, sense-and-avoid devices and sensors that measure equipment deterioration.
National Defense July 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Traffic Technology Drive Stalled by Colliding Agendas Burgeoning growth in commercial aviation and the increasing pressure on air traffic control is spurring debate on whether U.S. air travel can remain safe and secure.
Popular Mechanics March 2010 Joe Pappalardo	The Future For UAVs in the U.S. Air Force The next-generation aircraft envisioned by the Air Force, and modeled in the illustration opposite, would be able to dodge enemy radar, swap payloads for multiple kinds of missions and use sophisticated onboard sensors to prevent collisions with other UAVs and manned airplanes.
Popular Mechanics July 2006 Jeff Wise	Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible.
National Defense December 2013 Stew Magnuson	Micro-Aircraft Declared Safe to Fly in U.S. Skies One of the first hand-launched unmanned aerial vehicles fielded in Iraq is now being offered to local law enforcement and government agencies after it received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly in domestic airspace.
National Defense April 2012	Readers Sound off on Recent Stories Letters to the Editor: "Safety Concerns Still Blocking Unmanned Aerial Vehicles from National Airspace"... "It's a Hobson's Choice: Dollars for Defense or for Education"...
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John Keller	Navy Researchers to Develop Collision-Avoidance for UAVs to Operate in Civil Airspace U.S. Navy researchers are asking industry to develop a collision avoidance system to enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to operate in civil airspace without the risk of crashing into other aircraft.
National Defense October 2010 Eric Beidel	Uncertainty, Challenges Mark Future For Military's Unpiloted Aircraft The use of unmanned aerial systems in Iraq and Afghanistan has shown that they are invaluable in uncontested airspace. But questions remain about how the current generation of U.S. drones would fair in unfriendly skies.
National Defense July 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Four-Star General in Charge of Homeland Defense Not Big On UAVs Unmanned aircraft may be proliferating in combat zones, but in U.S. homeland security missions, don't expect the same phenomenon.
National Defense April 2011 Grace V. Jean	Army Slow To Adapt Fly-by-Wire Controls for Helicopters Fly-by-wire technology has long been credited for enabling military fighter jets to maneuver through the air. The technology displaces the pilot's mechanical linkages to the flight control surfaces with wires, which will allow a digital signal to "drive" the helicopter.
National Defense December 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force Expands Training Program for Predator Operators A steady surge in the demand for unmanned aircraft operators in the Air Force has resulted in a tenfold increase in the number of students attending the Predator schoolhouse at Creech Air Force Base.
National Defense May 2012 Dan Parsons	Companies Seek Profits In Fee-For-Service Surveillance Aircraft Airborne surveillance has become so popular that even countries that can't afford their own platforms are scrambling to acquire the capability.
National Defense August 2014 Valerie Insinna	Military Ponders Future of Robotic Cargo Movers The K-MAX unmanned helicopter was deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 to haul cargo in and out of warzones. It allowed U.S. forces to cut ground convoys that were vulnerable to roadside bombs.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons	Air Force F-35s, Drones May Square Off in Budget Battle Unmanned aerial vehicles have become a potent portion of the U.S. Air Force inventory and an indispensable weapon in the global war on terror.
National Defense January 2009 Grace V. Jean	Drone Operators Ask Industry For 'Open' Systems The ground-based equipment that is used to fly unmanned combat aircraft is not adequate to handle the demanding missions of current conflicts, operators say.
National Defense February 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Coast Guard's Unmanned Aircraft Set for Testing Prototypes of the Coast Guard's unmanned tilt-rotor aircraft are to be flown in February, according to officials, who add that a number of operational questions remain outstanding.
National Defense June 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Industry, Entrepreneurs Await FAA Small Drone Ruling Rules and guidance from the FAA are required before commercial companies can fly unmanned aircraft legally. The agency is scheduled to announce a notice of proposed rulemaking for small unmanned aerial systems later this year.
National Defense November 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Despite Rise of Unmanned Aircraft, Pilots Still Needed The Air Force may be on an unmanned aircraft buying frenzy. But it's still way too early to sign the death warrant for conventionally piloted aviation.
National Defense May 2006 Michael Peck	`Dysfunctional' Interagency Coordination Hampers Domestic Deployment of Drones The Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, and Homeland Security have ideas to use unmanned aircraft, but the Federal Aviation Administration is leery about adding robots to the already populated national airspace.