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- 6d agoAVwebEarliestFAA Approves Long-Range Drone Flight to Offshore Oil Platform
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NASA awards first Moon Base contracts under Isaacman's revised Artemis plan
NASA this month raised CLPS 1.0 to $4.2 billion, created a CLPS 2.0 contract vehicle with a $10 billion ceiling and eight eligible companies, and awarded Blue Origin $94 million (plus a $140 million option) for the PROMISE rover delivery. It also issued about $1.3 billion in VADR launch task orders for Moon Base Phase One and moved SLS toward a near-Block 1 configuration while halting Mobile Launcher 2 work. Next is a Marshall solicitation for Moon Base demonstrations under NextSTEP-3, with responses due January 4, 2027. · 2h ago
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One card per story, every outlet that covered it36d agoAVweb · research by Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA Approves Long-Range Drone Flight to Offshore Oil PlatformThe FAA approved Skyways to fly its V2 autonomous drone beyond visual line of sight from a Shell facility in Louisiana to an offshore Gulf platform, its first such coastline-originating authorization. Robotics3 linked5d agoDroneLifeWhy There’s Still No One-Size-Fits-All Solution for Drone Collision AvoidanceAt AUVSI's Drone and AAM Policy Symposium, FAA, NASA and uAvionix representatives discussed why no single detect-and-avoid technology meets all BVLOS needs while the FAA's Part 108 rule remains pending.1 outletRobotics2 linked 9d agoNASASpaceflightStarship Flight 15, a dual catch attempt, awaits FAA green lightStarship Flight 15 is set for a no-earlier-than 13 November launch attempting to catch both booster and ship, but the date hinges on the FAA granting a licence modification for the ship catch.1 outletSpaceSpaceX catches Starship upper stage at Starbase as FAA reviews higher launch cadence20 linked
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