HERO FROM THE SKY HiRO the Drone Will Change Emergency Medical Treatment “I remember thinking, ‘I can see my grandma’s house. But an ambulance can’t get out there!’” JEANETTE BEEBE 12.24.17 12:00 AM ET Shortly after five o’clock on a Sunday evening in February 2013, a severe EF4 tornado ripped through Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Winds whirling up to […]
Mississippi State Leads in UAS Research
Fox News Covers Story About DHS Enlisting Mississippi State University to Evaluate Drone USAGE FAA Center of Excellence Lead by MSU
How Drones Are Already Being Used to Help Save People
Pete Marovich / Bloomberg via Getty Images file A lifeguard-controlled drone scours for sharks at Seal Beach in Southern California. In Germany, a drone brings a defibrillator to a man on a golf course having a heart attack. And during the floods in Texas this year, drones served up flotation devices to stranded people. While […]
Drone Sales Expected to Spike This Christmas
WJTV News Jackson Mississippi features Hinds Community College Unmanned Aircraft Systems training program. By Beth Alexander Published: November 19, 2015, 6:13 pm Updated: November 20, 2015, 8:25 am Drones come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. This year, the Consumer Technology Association expects more than 400,000 to be sold. CTA Chief Economist Shawn […]
MSU ASSURE Alliance has a new Associate Director
By: Jim Gaines Staff Writer editor@starkvilledailynews.com Friday, November 20, 2015 STARKVILLE, MS Stephen “Lux” Luxion, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has been named associate director of the Alliance for System Safety of Unmanned Aerial Systems through Research Excellence center, according to a Mississippi State University news release. The ASSURE center is based at MSU, but […]
Fly Drones Responsibly – A Message from Astronaut Hoot Gibson
2015 Reno air race unlimited champion, astronaut, and Academy of Aeronautics life long member explains what is at stake.
Airliners vs. Drones: Calm Down
An airline captain’s perspective on the rash of recent drone sightings by airline pilots. Airliner vs Drone…much ado about nothing
FAA to Register All Drones
In a press conference October 19, the FAA and DOT laid out a plan to register all drones, toy drones included. To go directly to the press conference, jump to 9:45.
Drone Makers Seek Traffic Control
NASA-backed software could orchestrate urban skies by Michael Belfiore Bezos Testing Drones in Canada on FAA Frustrations The commercial use of drones remains mostly illegal in the U.S. All the same, businesses are moving ahead with ways to profit from the small helicopters, with some assistance from the Federal Aviation Administration. In February the FAA, […]
Drone operator fined after posting flight videos on YouTube
An Australian man has been fined for breaking aviation safety regulations while flying his drone, but while he wasn’t caught in the act, the man was busted after posting videos of the flights to YouTube. by Claire Reilly An Australian man has been fined for breaking aviation regulations whilst flying his drone, after authorities […]