Sentences with phrase «airspace as»

As far as the operation of large drones — these have already been flown in UK airspace as part of a trial with UK air traffic control body NATS.

The most obvious example is of course natural disasters (in that regard, keep an eye on case C - 12 / 11 which deals with the closures of European airspace as a result of the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland).

The game's great music, along with Nathan Zachary's confident, lady - killing charm, gives the game a nice atmosphere that flies in the same airspace as the Indiana Jones series.

The push for wind as a renewable energy source has turbines sharing the same airspace as aircraft, with aging radar systems unable to tell the difference

Most of the name - calling on the subject embroils the major airlines and general aviation's commercial segment: the corporate aircraft, air - taxi services and commuter carriers which claim their right to use the same crowded airspace as the airliners.

Some spaceports use adjacent restricted, remote airspace as a competitive advantage, such as Mojave Air and Space Port in California and Spaceport America in New Mexico.

Not exact matches

If China is jamming US Navy aircraft flying in international airspace at sea, it serve as yet another sign that Beijing may disregard international law and norms to defend its South China Sea land grab.

Representatives of a $ 2.2 billion investment fund aimed specifically at drone infrastructure — such as air traffic control technologies to allow drones to safely operate alongside conventional aircraft in U.S. airspace — weigh in during the discussion.

«We'll learn a lot about ourselves, the oil companies will learn a lot about themselves, and the FAA truly benefits because they will see firsthand how we can integrate an unmanned system as it exists today safely into the national airspace.»

«FAA truly benefits because they will see firsthand how we can integrate an unmanned system as it exists today safely into the national airspace.»

«The way we guarantee the greatest safety is by requiring that as the level of complexity of the airspace increases, so does the level of sophistication of the vehicle,» said Gur Kimchi, VP and co-founder of Amazon's delivery - by - drone project, Prime Air, at the NASA event, according to The Guardian.

«Under our proposal everybody has to be collaborative — vehicles must be able to talk to each other and avoid each other as the airspace gets denser at low altitudes.»

To keep things safe, it also proposes that a 100 - foot cushion just above that airspace be made a no - fly zone to act as a buffer between drones and other aircraft, such as planes, according to The Guardian.

The FAA is «going to want a level of uniformity around the country in terms of the airspace that will probably run up against the many localities that see it as their rights to protect their citizens,» Michel said.

Interestingly, one of the 8 RAF Tornados deployed at Akrotiri could be regularly tracked online during its transit from Cyprus to Iraq via Israel, Jordan, accompanied by a Voyager tanker: the example #ZA556 (the only «visible» aircraft in a formation of at least two planes) can be often spotted on Flightardar24.com as it flies into Israel, then into the Jordanian airspace before turning its transponder off to enter the Iraqi airspace.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday the British telecommunications regulator, Ofcom, announced the names of the carriers that have qualified to take part in upcoming frequency auctions in that country: EE, Hutchison 3G UK (which trades as the Three network), Vodafone, Telefonica, Airspace and Connexin.

Since closing Pakistan's airspace would hinder America's ability to defend its forces in Afghanistan, Olson, the former ambassador, said the U.S. might regard such action as a «casus belli,» or grounds for war.

Turkey's relationship with Moscow deteriorated after a Russian warplane was shot down when it entered into Turkish airspace; there was a failed coup last July to bring down President Erdogan; as well as «an acceleration in the intensity of terror acts» on Turkish soil, Mitov said.

It may have been a foreign aircraft as that is the primary purpose of the airspace at Groom Lake.

In a historic milestone for the drone industry, this week AirMap and Project Wing in a test program led by the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership, successfully demonstrated an industry - leading solution to safety - critical airspace deconfliction challenges as part of the ongoing NASA - UTM trials.

Was it politically correct to take over planes in American airspace and crash them in a way to create as many casualities as possible?

Hungary has nonetheless opened its airspace to NATO warplanes, and has allowed free access to its military facilities, including the air base at Taszar, used at present as a transfer point to the Balkans for troops and supplies coming from Germany.

This means that more airspace has been created for further inflows and allocations to all users than would have otherwise been the case if Commonwealth use had been the same as average.

Since closing Pakistan's airspace would hinder America's ability to defend its forces in Afghanistan, Olson, the former ambassador, said the US might regard such action as a «casus belli,» or grounds for war.

However, a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored the situation reports that flight operations went on smoothly at both the international and domestic wings of the airport Also, staffers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), were at their respective offices and duty posts, as directed by the government.

«Even so, he was sacked from the one he eventually got into as chairman of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, by the person who gave him the appointment; President Olusegun Obasanjo,» he said.

«New York's airspace should enjoy the same kind of protections, as our Nation's Capital [sic],» he declared in a statement issued Wednesday night.

Under international law (as opposed to Japanese domestic law), is Japan allowed to shoot down drones that are within its own airspace?

Dubbed the Liberty Integrated Control Facility, the facility would replace existing terminal radar approach control facilities, known as TRACONs, within the New York Enroute Air Traffic Control Center's airspace, as well as the N.Y. Enroute Center's under - 30,000 feet operations, into one 250,000 - square - foot facility.

Hot internal organs such as the liver were pressed against airspaces with a direct connection to the outside, so they were air - cooled.

He says this means the risks of flying in European airspace are not as low as the public is being led to believe.

As the U.S. government draws up plans to use surveillance drones in domestic airspace, opposition to what many consider an unwarranted and significant invasion of privacy is mounting across the country, from rural Virginia to techopolis Seattle.

Unmanned aircraft, regardless of their size, can only fly in civil airspace if they are as safe, or safer, than piloted aircraft are now.»

After years of research and development, and tests by general aviation pilots in Alaska and air transport carriers in the Ohio River Valley, the FAA in 2005 declared ADS — B to be a safe radar alternative and pegged the technology as a crucial component of the agency's plans to by 2020 upgrade the national airspace system — a program known as Next - Generation Air Transportation System.

As the trailing LCROSS spacecraft approached the lunar surface, documenting the debris cloud en route to its own impact just a few minutes later, LRO had its own spectrometer trained on the airspace over Cabeus.

Any changes as a plane navigates airspace should be gradual.

Another installment to the recent onslaught of alien invasion films, Battle: Los Angeles is based on famous historical UFO sightings and events such as the 1942 LA incident where an unidentified aircraft entered military airspace and was subject to artillery fire.

The two crowd - pleasers are «The Mission» and «Cleared Iranian Airspace», pieces of warm, fully - orchestral Americana that might come as a bit of a surprise to die - hard fans of the composer but which somehow actually blend in rather well with the rest of the score.

Well, Brian's Next Big Thing is launching a satellite into the airspace above a sacred Hawaiian island for smug billionaire military contractor Carson Welch (Bill Murray, in a role most will say he phoned in, but looks as if it was cut to pieces in post, like most of the characters).

It's also completely ridiculous in just about every way, from an unidentified Black Hawk flying straight into Washington, D.C. (when it would have been shot down as soon as it entered U.S. airspace), to North Korean terrorists overtaking one of the country's most heavily guarded buildings in a matter of minutes.

Second, as FAA implements PBN and redesigns airspace for safety and efficiency it utilizes GPS and does not rely on ground based navigation aids for flight paths.

System Wide Information Management (SWIM): This is the data - sharing backbone of our airspace, providing access to relevant and understandable information such as flight data, weather, airport operational status and special use airspace status via publication and subscriptions.

As the NAS continues to evolve from conventional procedures to a PBN - centric airspace system, more PBN procedures will be deployed and supported to enhance safety, efficiency, capacity and access.

Opportunities for engagement include collaboration through the NextGen Advisory Committee, which has resulted in industry commitments and dedication to working together and holding each other accountable; through the Equip 2020 Working Group to identify and resolve barriers to meet the January 1, 2020 FAA mandate for airlines and general aviation to equip with GPS, otherwise known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS - B); and community outreach to make the collaborative process of airspace redesign more transparent to airports, local, state and federal governments, community organizations, and the general public.

Well Florida would be a little far, and, as I heard, since a few weeks in some areas the airspace is frequently closed at weekends:-D.

I guess I was thinking of the condensation that might cause water to collect in the airspace in an imperfectly sealed container — which, as you point out, doesn't actually mix with the oil, though it still could find its way into the engine easily by accident.

In 2010, FAA continued rolling out improvements and upgrades as part of NextGen, the comprehensive overhaul of our national airspace system that will make air travel more convenient and dependable while ensuring flight is as safe, secure, and hassle - free as possible.

As the ANSP, the agency manages the National Airspace System (NAS), operationally carrying out the FAA's plenary authority over the country's aAirspace System (NAS), operationally carrying out the FAA's plenary authority over the country's airspaceairspace.

«We look forward to working with the aviation community to support innovation, while maintaining our standards as the safest and most complex airspace in the world.»

On the road, though, the Mercedes feels as if it weighs six tons, isolating you so completely from the harsh unpleasantries of planet earth that you imagine every airspace under the dash, in the doors, and in the roof must be filled with sound - and shock - absorbing maple syrup.