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 […]
Archives for November 2015
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