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The X-37B, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), the Air Force’s autonomous space shuttle, returned to Earth May 7th of this year after nearly 2 years in orbit. “The craft received the ground-issued

I think the two largest challenges faced by the various industries that employ unmanned systems are regulatory and legal, particularly in inconsistencies across Local, State and Federal regulation, and

The Tesla Model S features an autopilot mode that allows for what the company describes as semi-autonomous performance that can help reduce accidents. The Model S achieves autopilot through numerous sensors

In 2013, within the context of the UAS Roadmap and the NextGen Airspace System (NextGen), Congress asked the FAA to integrate UAS into the national airspace (NAS) by 2015 but planners have revealed that

Earlier last year, Intel acquired Ascending Technologies, a German company responsible for the development of algorithms and software for the sense and avoid technology called RealSense: “The world’s first,

“Safety is the FAA’s most important responsibility in the pursuit of integrating commercial UAS into the national airspace” (Cho, 2014). By 2025, the FAA plans to overhaul the National Airspace System

One dark but important contribution that Nazi Germany had on aviation, can be realized in kamikaze styled, semi-autonomous bombs and rockets. The V1 was a pilotless, fuel propelled, flying bomb that led

Military UAS, like the Predator, have been used for a variety of purposes including battlefield surveillance, reconnaissance, and direct action missions. The Predator is able to conduct 24 hour long missions,

Congress ordered the FAA to integrate UAS into US airspace, one of the most complex and busy airspaces in the world, by 2015. However, this deadline passed without meeting congress’ vision and, to this

Article Link: Neil deGrasse Tyson’s: Only humans can truly explore space via This article contains reprinted text from Neil deGrasse Tyson’s book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier. It explains

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) will begin to replace humans to complete mundane tasks. They will increase efficiency, reduce costs, and offer unprecedented convenience for humans. Companies like Amazon,