Applications for domestic drone licenses are increasing steadily, even as privacy concerns related to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the U.S. continue to mount. Government documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier ...
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Specialty Coating Systems has achieved AS9100 Revision C certification for its Parylene coating service centers in Austin, Texas, and Singapore. SCS received AS9100C certification for their coating facilities in California, Indiana, New ...
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No one is laughing now. Once considered only a cut above remote-controlled toys, drones have proven their potency in Afghanistan and the Middle East, and manufacturers are eyeing U.S. agriculture as a tremendous market opportunity. ...
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Boeing Corp. has asked the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States (the "FAA") for Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" aircraft flight test application. Boeing's move shows that it has made progress in resolving the failure of the 787 ...
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The Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster has launched in the US with a high-speed demonstration of five of the new open-top supercars blasting down the south runway of Miami’s international airport. With special permission from ...
The FCC is making it easier to launch in-flight Internet services on planes in the U.S. by setting up a standard approval process for onboard systems that use satellites. Since 2001, the Federal Communications Commission has approved some ...
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Verizon's attempt -- unsuccessful so far -- to secure a patent for a so-called 'snooping technology,' which in this case would let television advertisers target individual viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their ...
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Computerworld-The 2012 Republican Party platform adopted this week calls for a more aggressive U.S.cyber deterrence policy for dealing with security threats against government and civilian targets. The platform,which lists the GOP's ...
Adobe said Wednesday it is investigating the release of 230 names, email addresses and encrypted passwords claimed to have been stolen from a company database. The information was released on Tuesday on Pastebin by a self-proclaimed ...
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Airplane passengers aren't the only ones fed up with restrictions on the use of portable electronic devices during takeoff and landing. Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has written a letter urging the ...
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The Federal Aviation Administration is reassessing its rules about the use of portable electronic devices on airplanes, seeking public comments and forming a government-industry group to study when the devices can be used safely. ...
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Needham, MA -- PTC joined more than 70 partners on Capitol Hill to kick off the 2012-2013 Real World Design Challenge and announce the themes for this year's challenges: Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Next Generation Truck Design. Students ...
The country's largest machinery manufacturer vowed on Thursday to "fight to the very end" in its attempt to sue US President Barack Obama for blocking its wind farm project in the United States over national security concerns. Although the ...
The victims could fill a novice bird-watcher's bucket list: blackpoll warbler, double-crested cormorant, American black duck, short-billed dowitcher, black-crowned night heron, magnolia warbler, budgerigar and green-winged teal. The ...
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The U.S.Federal Aviation Administration is taking a new look at the use of portable electronics on airplanes,seeking public comments starting this week and forming a government-industry group to study when smartphones,tablets and other ...
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