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Read and listen to all headlines in one place. Excerpts from DRONELIFE Drone News for the week ending June 2, 2023. Click on the title below to read the full article. Continue reading below or listen. Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nollen Joins eVTOL Aircraft Maker Archer Aviation Reuters reported Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nollen plans to retire from the FAA this summer to join eVTOL aircraft maker Archer Aviation. The move could mean that certification of Midnight Air Taxi will proceed more quickly for Archer Aviation. The FAA will release airworthiness standards for the aircraft at the end of 2022.…

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DBT Aero Successfully Flies Swyft 3D Printed Drone DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Emerging Aircraft Leader DBT Aero has demonstrated Double Box Tail (DBT) technology through successful test flights of a 3D printed Group 1 UAS. This is the company’s third successful manned prototype sub-scale demonstrator and has previously designed and tested Group 2 and Group 3 scale UASs. Group 1 aircraft were developed in parallel. 3D Aero VenturesSponsored by high tech, balsa house and ZAP glue.that I got on an airplane for the first time At El Paso Radio Controller Field on September 11, 2022. DBT Aero’s Swyftâ„¢…

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Congress is again debating the Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grants Act, which funds drone technology and training to support the president’s infrastructure development package. Continue reading below or listen: HR 3595Introduced by Rep. Greg Stanton (Democrat-Arizona) and Rep. Garrett Graves (Republican-Louisiana), 2021 HR5315passed the House of Representatives, no progress in the Senate last year. This grant supports the drone industry in a number of ways, including recognizing that drone technology brings significant efficiencies to infrastructure inspection. The law provides state, local, and tribal governments with funding to purchase or contract approved drone technology to “conduct critical infrastructure inspection, maintenance, repair, and…

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