Sentences with phrase «airspace at»

One balloon was able to stay up in Peruvian airspace at a precise location for 98 days.

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

Nuclear weapons have been used exactly twice in combat — both times by the US, and both times dropped by a propeller aircraft over largely unprotected Japanese airspace at the close of World War II.

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.

Not exact matches

And in a separate affair last month, Turkey complained that at least one Russian warplane had violated Turkish airspace and that another Russian jet had locked its targeting radar on Turkish planes, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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.

«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.»

«When you look up at the airspace you don't see any barriers,» said Michel.

Those investment plans were met with suspicion by critics at a time when Qatar is embroiled in the region's worst diplomatic crisis in years and is locked in an airspace rights dispute with three other Gulf states.

Previously, North Korea threatened to shoot down B - 1s flying even outside its airspace and to loft missiles at Guam, where the B - 1s are based.

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.

At these altitudes, the aircraft will be far above the airspace where commercial airliners fly and free from storms or other weather disturbances, Parikh explained.

UAVs are «a mainstay,» said Ryan Hartman, senior vice presidents of Programs at Insitu, owned by Boeing.Over the next 25 years, he said, «Technology will have evolved to the point where we'll be operating unmanned systems in the national airspace safely and responsibly.»

The Hellenic Army does have a presence on the small island, and earlier this month they fired tracer rounds at a Turkish helicopter that flew over its airspace.

The Pentagon said it wasn't involved in any strikes in Syria, and Russia says the Israelis sent two F - 15 fighter jets into Syrian airspace and launched eight missiles at the T - 4 air base.

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«We located the spaceport on this big chunk of land below the Department of Defense's restricted airspace» at White Sands missile range, Spaceport America CEO Dan Hicks said.

The system is part of the agency's UAS Data Exchange umbrella, which aims to facilitate drone registration and help speed integration of the unmanned aircraft into the airspace used by traditional commercial and private manned aircraft.Last November, the FAA began testing the system at eight air route control centers, with the goal of ultimately covering 300 air traffic control facilities nationwide that monitor approximately 500 airports.

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.

On at least two occasions it's documented that Bull Cyclone grabbed a rifle from a manager and fired at a private airplane that had strayed into his practice airspace.

Sooner or later you're going to pass over another country, but at the Karman line, you're moving more than 17,000 miles / hr, making enforcement when the object is in your «airspace» sometimes seconds long.

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.

First unmanned aircraft system flies at Griffiss FAA test site, part of testing to integrate UAS into class D airspace

About three years ago when the oil market was booming, and with about 200 private jets in the airspace, the ratio of expatriate to local pilot was three to four, with at least 1,000 foreign pilots in Nigeria.

Security measures in place for the «unprecedented challenge» of Pope Francis» visit to New York City this month will include screening checkpoints, airspace restrictions and a ban on balloons, selfie sticks and backpacks at papal events, federal and city officials said.

Massive explosions and a blaze at a military ammunition depot in central Ukraine have forced authorities to evacuate 24,000 people and close airspace over the region, officials have said.

State military officials say the MQ - 9 Reaper had taken off from Wheeler Sack Army Airfield at Fort Drum and was operating in approved airspace over the eastern side of the lake when it was lost around 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Until recently, most studies of bird flight have looked at how birds fly in a straight line through clear airspace.

Authorities have been on alert since increased movement at Iceland's largest volcano system this month triggered memories of the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in 2010 that shut down much of Europe's airspace for six days.

Intense seismic activity at Iceland's largest volcano system has raised worries that an eruption could cause another ash cloud like that from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in 2010 that shut down much of Europe's airspace for six days.

Her research is part of a new field of study, called aeroecology, that looks at the interactions between flying animals and their airspace.

Area of Low Contamination: An airspace of defined dimensions where volcanic ash may be encountered at concentrations equal to or less than 2x10 - 3 g / m3, but greater than 2x10 - 4 g / m3.

Area of Medium Contamination: An airspace of defined dimensions where volcanic ash may be encountered at concentrations greater than 2x10 - 3 g / m3, but less than 4x10 - 3 g / m3.

Area of High Contamination: An airspace of defined dimensions where volcanic ash may be encountered at concentrations equal to or greater than 4x10 - 3 g / m3, or areas of contaminated airspace where no ash concentration guidance is available.

Over the past three years, ARM has managed field campaigns using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and tethered balloon systems (TBS) at Oliktok Point in northern Alaska, where the U.S. Department of Energy controls restricted airspace supporting such efforts.

I love the final, beautiful hymn at the climax of the movie, with the clearing of Iranian airspace.

In less than a decade, the potential economic benefit of integrating UAS in the nation's airspace is estimated at $ 82 billion and could create 100,000 jobs.

Additionally, Section 2206 of the FAA's recent authorization extension, P.L. 114 - 190, directs the FAA to establish a pilot program for airspace hazard mitigation at airports and other critical infrastructure using UAS detection systems.

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.

Airport development means --(1) Any work involved in constructing, improving, or repairing a public airport or portion thereof, including the removal, lowering, relocation, and marking and lighting of airport hazards, and including navigation aids used by aircraft landing at, or taking off from, a public airport, and including safety equipment required by rule or regulation for certification of the airport under section 612 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, and security equipment required of the sponsor by the Secretary by rule or regulation for the safety and security of persons and property on the airport, and including snow removal equipment, and including the purchase of noise suppressing equipment, the construction of physical barriers, and landscaping for the purpose of diminishing the effect of aircraft noise on any area adjacent to a public airport; (2) Any acquisition of land or of any interest therein, or of any easement through or other interest in airspace, including land for future airport development, which is necessary to permit any such work or to remove or mitigate or prevent or limit the establishment of, airport hazards; and (3) Any acquisition of land or of any interest therein necessary to insure that such land is used only for purposes which are compatible with the noise levels of the operation of a public airport.

This rule amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations part 71 by establishing a Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Potosi Washington County Airport, MO..

America's transition from the radar - based airspace management system of the 20th century to the satellite - based airspace management system of the future is at a standstill.

Both cards also offer free access to Airspace lounges (with two guests) at Cleveland (CLE), New York - JFK (T5) and San Diego (SAN).

Entrance passes for Airspace Lounges start at $ 20 and go up depending on the time of day and how busy the lounge is.

The card also provides you easy access to the Airspace lounges (available at San Diego, New York, Cleveland and Baltimore - Washington International airport), Delta Sky Clubs (whenever you're traveling with Delta) and Priority Pass Select lounges.

Walter Schobel is the Chief of the Airspace and Offshore Management Section at Vandenberg AFB.

Even if there's no Alaska Board Room near you, there may be other lounges that accept the Priority Pass Select card, like the Airspace Lounges at JFK and Baltimore.

Runway repair work at New York JFK starting this spring and lasting through summer could mean flight delays not just at JFK but at all of the region's airports, since their airspaces tend to overlap.

Cardholders are also able to enter Airspace Lounges at New York JFK, Cleveland (CLE) and San Diego (SAN).