An experimental version of the Falcon 9, used to test technologies for future reusable versions, was destroyed during a flight, on August 22. At the time, the vehicle was performing the latest in a series of test flights at the McGregor site, in Texas.
In the official statement, SpaceX stated that ... Weiterlesen
Dr. Ingo Baumann
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) announced on July 29, 2014, that a recent 10-day test has successfully tracked and demodulated data from encrypted signals of the Commercial Service (CS) from available Galileo satellites.
The tests verified the CS encryption functionalities, with the data received containing authentication and high-accuracy information previously generated ... Weiterlesen
14 August 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
The Federal Aviation Administration (FFA) must publish regulations that provide guidelines on the use of UAS for commercial operations. In June, amidst its recent enforcement actions, the FAA issued its first commercial authorization for mapping UAS over land in the U.S. The FAA issued a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (CoA) ... Weiterlesen
11 August 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
Seventeen companies have now applied to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for permission to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for services that range from filmmaking and photography to oil flare stack monitoring, package delivery and real estate marketing.
The firms are filing under Section 333, a provision of the FAA ... Weiterlesen
11 August 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
Reports suggest that the Obama administration is contemplating to issue an executive order to formulate privacy guidelines for commercial drones operating in US airspace.
The executive order puts the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an arm of the Commerce Department, in charge of developing the guidelines. So one of the ... Weiterlesen
11 August 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
The House of Lords enquire if the conditions concerning the civil use of drones were right “for the industry to take off”.
The committee’s chair, Baroness O’Cathain, said that “the rise of civilian use of drones across the EU is staggering. In the UK alone the number of permissions granted for ... Weiterlesen
11 August 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
A reported White House plan to rely on voluntary adoption of privacy best practices for UAS operations appears unlikely to address concerns that the aerial vehicles will be used to spy on people in their homes or abused by law enforcement officials conducting surveillance.
The U.S. Administration is reportedly working on ... Weiterlesen
31 Juli 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
Romanian authorities have decided that drones that weight less than 150kgs have to be registered and insured before being used in Romania. The Romanian Ministry of Transport now issued an order to regulate the use of drones in the country. The ministerial order about “operating conditions in the national airspace ... Weiterlesen
1 Juli 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reportedly plans to issue a fine of $34,912,500 - the largest fine in its history - against C.T.S. Technology Co., Limited, a Chinese electronics manufacturer and online retailer, for allegedly marketing 285 models of signal jamming devices to U.S. consumers for more than two years.
According ... Weiterlesen
20 Juni 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
Ray Purdy – Honorary Senior Research Associate in Law at University College London – has published an article on privacy issues in relation to satellite images on The Conversation. The author submits that in the light of sharper satellite images privacy threats cannot longer be ignored. He, therefore, concludes that ... Weiterlesen
18 Juni 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann