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Next UAV Caucus Event Announced 22 September, 2010

Congressmen Buck McKeon (CA-25) and Alan Mollohan (WV-01) are proud to announce the third Congressional UAV Caucus event for 2010. On Wednesday, 22... more

AUVSI Forecasts 23,000 Jobs With Airspace Access

On Monday, 26 July, AUVSI briefed more than 50 congressional staffers, lobbyists and unmanned systems industry players on its new UAS industry jobs... more

AUVSI CALLS ON FAA TO COLLECT ACCURATE, COMPREHENSIVE UAS SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL DATA

Following a 15 July hearing hosted by the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism on the role of unmanned... more

UNMANNED SYSTEMS SERVING MANY ROLES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

Arlington, VA – 15 July, 2010 – Unmanned maritime systems have made several technological advances in recent years and the BP oil spill is proving how... more

AUVSI Will Host a Congressional Staff Briefing on Recently Released Jobs Report

The briefing will take place on Monday, 26 July 2010 at the SVC Room 215 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lindsay Voss, AUVSI’s Research Analyst will provide... more

AUVSI Speaks for Industry at UAV Caucus Briefing on NAS

On 16 June, representatives from AUVSI and various government agencies met with Congressional Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Caucus co-chairs Reps. Buck McKeon... more

Insitu, FAA Announce Unmanned Systems Research Agreement

ScanEagle maker Insitu of Bingen, Wash., has formed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with the Federal Aviation Administration... more

Another Successful AUVSI Day on Capitol Hill

On 15 April, AUVSI hosted another successful AUVSI Day on Capitol Hill. The event was in conjunction with National Robotics Week (10-18 April) and... more

Q&A with the FAA

AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems magazine met with Richard J. Prosek, the new manager of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned Aircraft Program Office,... more

Complete Transcript of March 23 Hearing

AUVSI members can view the entire transcript of the 23 March Hearing. more

Click here to view the transcript.

AUVSI Testifies on Capitol Hill

Be sure to watch today's hearing "Rise of the Drones: Unmanned Systems and the Future of War" - http://oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4840&Itemid=30.... more

House Passes H. Res. 1055 to Designate National Robotics Week as An Annual Event

On March 9, the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 1055 by a voice vote. The resolution supports the designation of ‘National Robotics Week’ on... more

Click here to access H. Res. 1055