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AUVSI Provides Comments During FAA’s UAS BVLOS ARC Report Public Listening Session

June 24, 2022
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In March, the UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) submitted its final report to the FAA, providing recommendations for new regulations to normalize drone operations BVLOS. Routine commercial drone operations hold promise to provide economic, sustainability, and equity benefits to the public. This week, FAA hosted a public listening session... Continue reading

Congress Passes Legislation to Accelerate Safe AAM Integration

June 17, 2022
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Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), which captures Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and Regional Air Mobility (RAM), is an already proven form of sustainable transportation technology that helps high-paying jobs, reduces vehicle traffic on our nation’s roadways, and connects rural and urban areas throughout the country. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two critical and... Continue reading

2022 Drone Safety Day is Saturday, June 18

June 17, 2022
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West Virginia Legislative Clarification Needed for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)

May 25, 2022
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One of the most concerted advocacy pushes AUVSI has made this year has been in West Virginia, where HB 4667 was recently signed into law. The original bill, SB5, included harmful avigation easement language upon introduction. Avigation easement proposals seek to dismantle federal authority of the airspace, restrict drone operations, and upend years of industry-government... Continue reading

Advocacy Sessions at XPONENTIAL 2022 and FAA Drone Symposium

April 6, 2022
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Celebrating its 50th anniversary, AUVSI brings its world class annual conference, XPONENTIAL, to Orlando, Apr. 25-28. The event invites industry changemakers and end users to experience new technology that is solving real world problems and varied programming and networking opportunities.Organizations involved with AUVSI’s existing advocacy efforts or those who want to learn more about getting... Continue reading

Aerial Vantage Announces Board of Directors, Including Newest Member: Senator Heidi Heitkamp

April 4, 2022
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AUVSI’s Advocacy Success in West Virginia

April 1, 2022
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With drones entering the airspace at a faster rate than ever before, state and local lawmakers are seeking to learn more about theses systems and how they will impact their districts. AUVSI supports regulations that are technology-agnostic, foster innovation, and allow for the responsible, lawful, and secure use of drones and other uncrewed systems. One... Continue reading

FY 2023 Budget for Uncrewed Vehicles: AUVSI’s Preliminary Review

March 30, 2022
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The President’s Budget was released on March 28th which proposes $127.3 billion in discretionary and $1.7 trillion in mandatory budget authority for Fiscal Year 2023. Of that $1.7 trillion, $773 billion is dedicated to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) which represents a 4% increase relative to the FY 2022 funding enacted less than two... Continue reading

AUVSI Becomes Official Supporter of the TechForce Foundation

March 11, 2022
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Earlier this month, the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) proudly signed on as an official association supporter of the TechForce Foundation. Their mission statement is “to champion all students to and through their education and into careers as professional technicians.” As the uncrewed systems industry continues to deploy we will work in partnership... Continue reading

Funding For Uncrewed Systems in the FY 2022 Defense Budget – NDAA Update

March 3, 2022
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Each year, AUVSI reviews the United States defense budget to determine funding that will support the research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) and procurement of uncrewed vehicles (UxV) and associated technologies. Research on FY 2022 was published in July 2021, and today, AUVSI updated these findings to incorporate data from the National Defense Authorization Act... Continue reading

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