06/20/10 — Finding from Thales study first step for the integration of unmanned aerial systems into European commercial airspace. Thales announced that it has reached the end of a decisive year-long European technical design study, called SIGAT - (Study on military frequency spectrum allocations for the Insertion into General Air Traffic of UAS). Kicking off in early 2009, SIGAT was aimed at defining and promoting a common European position on the appropriate command and control radio frequencies for future military UAS integration into the General Air Traffic within the framework of the next world Radio Communication Conference (2012). SIGAT identified four possible…

06/14/10 — L-3 Link Simulation & Training and University of North Dakota sign a memorandum of understanding to form the first non-military unmanned aerial systems (UAS) training center. L-3 Link Simulation & Training announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly create an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Training Center with the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks, N.D. The UAS Training Center, which will be located on UND’s campus and Grand Forks Air Force Base, will be the first non-military educational institution in the U.S. to provide initial qualification and continuation training for operators of the MQ-1…