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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 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.
National Defense May 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Industry Rallies Behind Push To Promote Drone Safety When a DJI Phantom drone crashed into the lawn of the White House in February, it highlighted what some fear may be a trend of unmanned aerial vehicle-related accidents.
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 October 2010 Grace V. Jean	Army Receives FAA Approval to Fly Unmanned Aircraft in National Airspace The Federal Aviation Administration has granted the Army permission to fly unmanned aircraft in national airspace at night using ground-based radar and GPS systems to avoid civilian and commercial traffic.
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 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 February 2015 Sarah Sicard	UAS Degree Programs Growing with Market By 2025, there could be more than 100,000 jobs in the unmanned aerial systems industry, according to a 2013 economic impact report performed by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.
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 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.
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 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 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	New Approach Needed for Recreational Drone Rules A lack of concrete rules to regulate recreational unmanned aerial vehicles across the United States is leading to chaos and many dangerous close-call collisions, said one drone expert.
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 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 January 2014 Dan Parsons	Academics Tackle Domestic Drone Ethics When revolutionary new technologies like unmanned aircraft become commercially available, the tendency is to focus on all their wondrous potential uses instead of the ethical and public safety concerns the proliferation of such technologies create.
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.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	FAA Task Force Issues New Drone Guidelines Registering drone operators -- and not the aircraft they're flying -- will help the Transportation Department identify flyers who violate FAA regulations.
National Defense December 2011 Eric Beidel	Demand for Spy Drones Stretches Army Budget The Army is seeking funds to procure a family of small unmanned air systems, or UAS, but approval has been delayed due to funding uncertainties, the Army's requirements chief for unmanned systems Col. Robert Sova said.
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 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 May 2015 Allyson Versprille	Small Off-the-Shelf Drones Causing Alarm In Security Circles Small, readily available unmanned aerial systems pose an increased risk to national security as the technology grows more capable, a panel of experts testified before Congress.
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 November 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Small Spy Drones to Expand Troops' Eyes And Ears on Battlefield Despite sliding defense budgets, the collection of this critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data will continue to be a priority for the armed services, experts told National Defense.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	FAA Gives Amazon Green Light To Test Delivery Drones In effect, it's a green light by the FAA for Jeff Bezos and company to start legally mucking around with delivery via tiny, unmanned 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.
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan	Own A Drone? You Have Until February To Register With The FAA The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday that anyone who owns a consumer drone weighing between 0.55 pounds and 50 pounds must register it within the next two months.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Amazon To Congress: Drone Delivery Aircraft Ready Within A Year Senior officials from Amazon and the Federal Aviation Administration testified before Congress yesterday on the feasibility of using drones for commercial purposes.
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"...
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 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.
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 May 2015 Valerie Insinna	Drone Makers Hope to Corner Burgeoning Global Market Experts predict manufacturers will encounter an increasingly crowded playing field over the next decade, as more companies begin producing ever more advanced systems.
National Defense February 2011 Eric Beidel	Army Pilots: Flying Drones Tougher Than It Looks Unmanned aircraft operations can be dangerous, aviators contend. Bad weather, makeshift runways and close calls with friendly aircraft are among the hazards that put missions at risk.
National Defense December 2011 John Edwards	Remote Controllers -- Unmanned Vehicle Operators Require Diversity of Skills In today's era of tighter budgets and ever more sophisticated flight control technologies, the military is increasingly relying on remotely piloted, unmanned vehicle systems for a wide range of tasks, including intelligence gathering, remote surveillance and target applications.
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.
National Defense July 2012 Stew Magnuson	Expansion of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in U.S. Skies Prompts DHS to Set Up New Program The Department of Homeland Security's science and technology directorate is setting up a new small unmanned aerial vehicle program ahead of the technology's expected integration into U.S. national airspace.
National Defense April 2014 Valerie Insinna	Army Plans to Buy New Small Drone The Army wants to procure a new small unmanned aircraft which will be packaged as a kit along with the RQ-20 Puma and RQ-11 Raven.
National Defense April 2015	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers comment on Department of Defense innovation strategies and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's unmanned aircraft system program.
National Defense March 2011 Stew Magnuson	Army Takes Wait-and-See Approach for Unmanned Cargo Resupply Aircraft As the Marine Corps moves ahead with field tests of unmanned helicopters that can resupply remote bases in Afghanistan, the Army is taking a cautious approach to the concept.
National Defense December 2011 Stew Magnuson	Coast Guard Hasn't Given Up on Long Delayed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Plans The case for having long-endurance, over-the-horizon surveillance capabilities was made in the early years of the Deepwater modernization program.
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.