sUAS News

Our guest is Dr. Ryan Wallace Associate Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. We will discuss the FAA's Center of Excellence for UAS Research ASSURE'sSmall Unmanned Aircraft Systems ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/11/17/small-unmanned-aircraft-systems-traffic-analysis

We talk about Hurricane Fiona relief efforts with Farcast Founder & Chief Innovator, Joel Ifill 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/10/13/farcast

Our guest is Terry McVenes, President and CEO of the Radio Techical Committee for Aeronautics

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/09/29/rtca-drone-standards

Our guest is Douglas Marshall, author of the new book UAS Integration Into Civil Airspace. Doug has a long list of participation and accomplishments in the decades long UAS/RPAS global airspace i...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/09/15/uas-integration-into-civil-airspace

We review a 1976 Lockheed Missiles $ Space Company report that NASA commissioned. The report is 328 pages, is very comprehensive, and includes uses, cost-benefit analysis, safety information, FAA...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/09/09/civil-uses-of-remotely-piloted-aircraft-1

We speak with Marshall Smith, Assistant Curator at the Aviation Unmanned Vehicle Museum.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/05/26/aviation-unmanned-vehicle-museum

  "FAA Made Progress Through Its UAS Integration Pilot Program, but FAA and Industry Challenges Remain To Achieve Full UAS Integration" We will discuss this report and other current events.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/05/05/us-dot-oig-audit-of-faa-nas-integration

Gene Robinson and myself will discuss the Texas Robotics Summit, and other current events including consumer electronics used in conflicts.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/03/31/texas-robotics-summit-after-action-report

Our guest is Bobby Healy, CEO and Founder of Manna Drone Delivery 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/03/24/manna-drone-delievery

Gene Robinson and I speak candidly about the FAA's BVLOS ARC Final Report, and other drone related current events including use in the Ukrain.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/03/17/faa-bvlos-arc

Our guest for this episode is Tracy Lamb BA, M.B.A, ATPL, CFI, CFII.MEI, DipU.S, AviationLaw, FRAeS. and CEO of Quantum AI. Tracy Lamb is one of my Drone Czar nominees.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/03/14/quantum-ai

Our guest is, James Grimsley, Executive Director/Advanced Technology Initiatives with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Transportation Commissioner. James Grimsley is one of my Drone Cz...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/03/10/emerging-aviation-technology-with-the-choctaw-nation-of-oklahoma

Our guest is Douglas Marshall, C0-Editor/Author "Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems," 3rd. Ed., CRC Press, 2021,  Author​ " UAS Integration into Civil Airspace:  Policy, Regulations ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/03/03/truenorth-consulting-llc

Gene and I will be speaking with Tom Prentice from Granite Defense Technology  

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/02/10/granite-defense-technology

Gene and I speak with Dudley Stephens, Director of Strategy at Rantizo, Inc. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/02/03/rantizo-inc

Our guest is Matt Lasher, Executive Director SS Jeremiah O’Brien, National Liberty Ship Memorial.  

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/01/26/ss-jeremiah-obrien

Our guests are industry pioneers Tony White and Jason White from Galaxy UAS.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/01/20/galaxy-uas

Gene and I discuss the history of the FAA's call for data and regulatory issues

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/01/13/dji-fly-report

We talk about the FAA cellphone kerfuffle as well as a myriad of other interesting and timely topics. Our guest is Gus Calderon. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2022/01/06/delay-of-5g-1

Our guest will be Joel Ifill, Founder, and CEO of Dash Systems. We'll talk about putting the "pay" load on the ground. Gene Robinson, and I will talk about what he is up to, Remote ID, and other ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/10/22/dash-systems-inc

Our guest is Chris Starnes. Chris is getting into SAR and apprenticing under Gene Robinson on the Texas Equusearch effort. We will analyze some of the current news and coalesce the vapors into a ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/09/16/the-ground-floor

Our guest is Craig Marcinkowski, SVP Strategy and Programs at Fotokite 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/08/26/fotokite

Our guest is Steve Morris, VP of Aircraft Engineering at Volansi. Steve has a long history with Unmanned Aircraft Systems, 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/08/12/the-old-school-of-uas

We speak with Bobby Ouyang, CEO of SkyeBrowse

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/06/24/skyebrowse

We speak with Randall Warnas, CEO and Preston Grimes, Marketing Director at Autel Robotics.  

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/06/17/autel-robotics

Co-host Gene Robinson gives us the Texas Drone Summit after action report.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/05/27/texas-drone-summit

We speak with John Powell of JP Aerospace about PongSat, and Airship to Orbit.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/05/20/jp-aerospace

Our guest is Debin Ray, Managing Director at DesertRotor 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/05/13/desertrotor

Our guest is Gus Calderon, Director of Operations at Drone Express. We will talk about what it takes to make grocery delivery by drone a reality. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/05/06/kroger-and-drone-express-cargo-delivery-program

In this installment, we speak with Ryan Walsh, CEO of Valqari about drone delivery solutions. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/04/29/valqari

In this episode we speak with Antonio Cugini, from FoxFury Lighting

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/04/22/foxfury-lighting

We speak with Brett Kanda, VP Sales & Marketing of BRINC Drones

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/04/15/brinc-drones

We speak with Ali Dian, CEO of Aerovel Corporation about what is in store for 2021 and beyond.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/04/08/aerovel-2021

Our guest is Mark Langley, CEO of the National Public Safety Drone Donation Program. We'll hear about the work and program to put eyes in the sky for every department in need.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/03/25/national-public-safety-drone-donation-program

Our guests are Dr. William Austin, president of the TOP-Certified Warren County Community College, and Peter Miller, Unmanned Systems Specialist. They will share some insights on the exciting W...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/03/18/warren-county-community-college-drones

Our guest is Randall Warnas, Global sUAS Segment Leader at FLIR. Randall will give us a heads-up on FLIR's new UAS direction.    

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/03/11/the-new-flir

Our guest is Fred Marks, Founder of FMA Direct, member of the FAA sUAS ARC, AMA life member.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/03/04/fma-direct

We look at the news and give some views on where the drone industry, including RID UTM, UAM, AAM is at the beginning of 2021.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/02/18/state-of-the-drone-union-2021

Are we getting closer to better actionable intelegence from FARM DRONES? In this instalment we speak with CEO, Devin Lane, and Austin Heil Sales and Development manager of AgMaps. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/02/04/farm-drones-20

Our guest is Jon Damush, CEO of Iris Automation. We'll talk about some of the technology needed for a Detect and Avoid system that will eventually help us get beyond the visual line of sight. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/01/28/iris-automation

In this episode, we learn about Skyfish with CEO Dr. Orest Pilskalns. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/01/21/skyfish

This week's guest is Joel Ifill, CEO - founder of DASH Sytems Inc. We're going to talk about airborne package delivery with a twist. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/01/14/dash-systems

In this installment, we look back on 2020 and talk about some of what might be happening in 2021 for UAS, DAC, UTM, UAM/AAM. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2021/01/07/20202021-1

In this episode, we get an update from Jason and Tony White at Galaxy Unmanned Systems. The White brothers have been in the UAS business for a long time and have made many unmanned industry first...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2020/12/18/galaxy-unmanned-systems

Our guest is Loc8 (Locate) CEO, Anthony Lockly. We will dicuss what this image analysis software can do to assist the Search And Rescue comunity.    Loc8 is a software development firm focus...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2020/12/10/loc8-for-search-and-rescue

In this installment, we speak with Tom Walker, CEO, and founder of DroneUp. DroneUp has been in the news lately, and we’ll hear some of Tom’s perspectives on success in the current business c...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2020/12/03/droneup

We continue our conversation from the last episode with Brock Gibson, Air Force combat veteran, and a retired VP at Insitu. The conversation will center on aviation technology, innovation, reg...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2020/11/19/american-aerospace-part-2

In this informative and compelling installment, we speak with Brock Gibson, Air Force combat veteran, and a retired VP at Insitu. The conversation will center on aviation technology, innovation...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2020/11/12/american-aerospace

In this episode we speak with Jessica Chosid, CEO of Reign Maker. Reign Maker, a data and information collection firm,  and operates and builds custom UAS (drones) and other robotic devices for...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2020/11/05/reign-maker

We speak with Jamey D. Jacob, PhD, PE  John Hendrix Chair and Professor of Aerospace Engineering  Director, Unmanned Systems Research Institute  School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineer...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2020/10/28/oklahoma-2020

This week's guest is Mark Bathrick, Director, Office of Aviation Services at the Department of the Interior. The DoI manages a lot of area and they are using drones to help get an idea of what is...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2019/07/31/doi-drones

In this instalment, we talk to Drew Baustian, from MicaSense, and Greg Crutsinger from Scholar Farms about the potential and realities of Ag work with MicaSense sensors.  We’ve come a long wa...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2019/07/23/ag-drone-mapping-with-micasense

Gene and I talk about BVLOS and over people waivers, and some of the other shenanigans hurting the industry. Our guest is Riley Stricklin, co-founder of Lume Cube. We will discuss lighting soluti...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2019/06/27/let-there-be-drone-light

Gene Robinson and myself will reminisce about guests and stories from the past seven years on a myriad of unmanned systems toppics.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2019/05/09/7-th-anniversary-show

Our guests are Jason and Tony White, the principals at Galaxy Unmanned Systems. When it comes to unmanned LTA, I don’t think any company has more experience than the White Brothers. We’ll hea...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2019/03/14/lta-all-the-way

Our guest is Luke Fox - CEO and Founder of WhiteFox Defense, a global leader in drone airspace security. In this episode, we will discuss what it is like to be part of the Super Bowl, and the rol...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2019/02/14/super-bowl-cuas

Our guests are Suzette Mathews Esq. and Frank Frisbie, P.E. Both of the guests are aviation SME’s with years of experience. Up for discussion will be their paper titled -Dysfunction in UAS Regu...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2018/12/20/uas-standard-dysfunction

Our guest is Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center, Brent Skorup, explores these issues in his new paper Auctioning Airspace. Instead a centralized traffic management system and manda...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2018/11/15/highways-in-the-sky

In our latest instalment, we speak about FLIR products and remote sensing from sUAS. Everyone on the episode has experience using FLIR products in the field.  Our guests are Randall Warnas, Glob...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2018/11/08/real-world-flir

Our guest will be Ryan Schonfeld and Jeff Parisse from RAS Consulting and Investigations. We will be discussing the high-end security business and how clients are reacting to the threat, if any, ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2018/10/25/drone-security-evolution

Our guests our Nathan Ruff, CEO and Jason Cansler, COO of UASidekick. We'll hear about their unique approach for enabling the safe use of the National Airspace System by drones.   

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2018/10/11/uasidekick

In this exciting episode, we hear about a startup that has a plausible solution for the actual promise of drone data collection. Our guests are Mihn Chau, and Anshou Liu from Radii Robotics. Hear...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2018/10/04/autonomous-aerial-robotic-inspection

This week our guest is John Surmont, my mentor for drone industry intellectual honesty. John had sent me the email (excerpts posted below). John had seen the handwriting on the wall early not jus...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2018/09/27/hard-lessons-learned

In this episode, we'll talk with aviation insurance expert Terry Miller from Transport Risk Managment Inc. The conversation will focus on some of the considerations for Urban Air Mobility aka fly...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2018/07/19/air-mobility-insurance-considerations

We will be discussing the FAA GAO report, how it was initiated and the mechanics of producing the end product. Our guest is Heather Krause, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues at the U.S. G...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2018/06/14/the-gao-report

Gene and I continue our quest for ways to collect high-quality drone data. In this installment, we will talk to our guests Mike Dziok and Mike Hogan about how to get the most treasure out of map...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2018/05/14/drone-mapping-realities

Gene and I speak with Marc Towers about the Las Vegas FPV video and possible FAA enforcement actions. Tune in to hear some different insights on a polarizing and timely subject. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2018/02/08/suas-faa-enforcement

We speak with Drone Search and Rescue (SAR) Master Gene Robinson and John Buell about their experience in the ever-evolving applications for unmanned aircraft use in Firefighting, Law Enforcement...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2018/01/25/conversation-with-drone-pilot-inc

sUAS News Podcast has the privilege of hosting an all-star roundtable discussion about the following issues Year of the Drone Drone deliveries ChiComms Bi-polar Political advocacy Private “Pub...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2017/12/07/drone-conspiracy-theories-debunked--2017

We’re going to make some predictions and give insights on what might be in store for the next six to twelve months in the business of drone ecosystem and beyond. Our guest for this episode is M...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2017/11/30/drone-forecast-2018

Our guest is Craig Davidenko, World UAV Federation. Craig just returned from China, and we will get an insiders view of what is going on about drones and more. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2017/11/16/world-uav-federation

Gene Robinson and Patrick Egan bring over twenty five years of combined experence to today's discussion on considerations for public safety agencies wanting to use drones, the private rule-making...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2017/11/09/drone-current-events-4q-2017

Our guest is Greg Crutsinger from Drone Scholar. We will be talking about data collected after the Northern California Fire in Sonoma this past October 2017. There is a story published on suasnew...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2017/11/08/california-wildfires

Our guest is Leslie Levy August, from Boomerang Carnets. We'll hear how to take our drones abroad for demos and trade shows without getting into trouble with the Feds.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2017/09/21/drone-smuggling-explained

A Super-panel discussion about C-UAS, the safety of the NAS, vulnerabilities, the role of the UAS OEM’s, technological deficiencies, current trends and future developments. With hosts Patrick E...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2017/08/24/the-suas-news-c-uas-super-panel

Our guest is Terry Miller from Unmanned Rick Management.  We will discuss industry trends from the insurance perspective. Mr. Miller was the winner of the sUAS News Industry Leader Award at the ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2017/08/10/insurance-insights-with-unmanned-risk-management

Our guest is Tom Hanson, COO of the Sky Guys.  We will find out more about the Big Drone Show, September 27/28 in Toronto, Canada. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2017/08/04/the-big-drone-show

Our guest, Montgomery J. Granger, is a three-time mobilized U.S. Army Reserve Major (Ret.). We’ll discuss his work and inspiration for writing the book, Saving Grace at Guantanamo Bay: A Memoir...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2017/07/05/saving-grace-at-guantanamo-bay

We get an update on what is going on in Oklahoma with drones with our guests State Science Secretary Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier and Dr. Jamey Jacobs. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2017/06/14/oklahoma-uas

We speak with guests Jeff Anders and Rob Thompson about the new political landscape in D.C. What does the new President and his appointees mean for recreational and commercial drones?

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2017/01/04/winds-of-change

We speak with author Bill Carey about his book, Enter The Drone The FAA and UAVs in America.   

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2016/10/29/enter-the-drone

Folks have been claiming for years that the lack of regulation has been holding them back. We're six weeks into Part 107, are we seeing the wheels come off the cart or just a fluid industry find...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2016/10/14/after-the-drone-rush

Part three of a three-part interview with Andrew Shelley from Aviation Safety Management Systems. We discuss his White Paper, A Model of Human Harm from a Falling Unmanned Aircraft: Implications ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2016/09/28/implications-for-drone-regulation-part-3

Part two of a three-part interview with Andrew Shelley from Aviation Safety Management Systems. We discuss his White Paper, A Model of Human Harm from a Falling Unmanned Aircraft: Implications fo...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2016/09/23/implications-for-drone-regulation-part-2

Part one of a three-part interview with Andrew Shelley from Aviation Safety Managment Systems. We discuss his White Paper, A Model of Human Harm from a Falling Unmanned Aircraft: Implications for...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2016/09/16/implications-for-drone-regulation

We cover the topic of drones detection. That includes knowing where they in an air traffic sense for full NAS integration and for places they should not be.  Our guests this week are from Grypho...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2016/09/14/drone-detector

We'll get the inside scoop about DroneDeploy's fantastic Mapping App and company from CEO Mike Winn. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2016/08/24/dronedeploy

Gene Robinson and I will recall what we have spoken about, the interesting people we’ve interviewed and what we’ve learned since our first broadcast on 5/9/2012. The sUAS News Podcast has ha...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2016/07/29/centum

In the 99th episode of the podcast series, we will discuss some of the pitfalls to avoid while trying to start and run a legal drone business.  Mr. Antonelli will share his insights and discuss ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2016/03/25/antonelli-law

Our guest is Laurie Calhoun, author of We Kill Because We Can. We will discuss the book and some of what technology detractors think or understand drones to be. We hope this exchange serves to en...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/12/31/extrajudicial-killing-machine-

This installment will focus on the FAA’s new Drone registration scheme. We’ll have a frank discussion about the possible ramifications for the industry and end users. We’ll also share some ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/12/17/drone-registration-blues

Gene and I will touch on the FAA Registration Task Force and get the scoop on the upcoming Automated Vehicle Summit from representatives of Gulf Unmanned Systems, Florida Atlantic University and ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/11/24/florida-automated-vehicle-summit

Gene and I will discuss drone (aircraft) registration, and some of the risks drones may pose to the NAS. Our guests will be subject matter experts Terry Miller, and W. Hulsey Smith. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/11/20/registration-and-drone-risk-study

Our guest is JD Claridge from Shark Tank funded xCraft UAV. We get the inside scoop about what it is like to be on Shark Tank and get funded. We'll also find out more about PhoneDrone, the smartp...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/10/30/the-shark-tank-report

Gene and I have been on hiatus attending a myriad of drone-related trade shows. We will discuss the highlights, lowlights and takeaways from these events.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/10/15/on-the-road-again

Eileen will share some insights into what it takes to develop a small Unmanned Aircraft System and build a successful company around it. Also up for discussion, how to determine which application...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/08/12/monarch-makers

Our Guest Colin Snow (aka The Drone Analyst) will be in to help us make sense of the market numbers. We’ll also discuss the last NASA UTM meeting, some economic reports, and the EASA Notice of ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/08/06/drone-hype-cycle

Our guest is Scot Refsland, Race Director for the US National Drone Racing Championships. We will hear all about this yea's exciting U.S. National Drone Racing Championships event at this year's...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/06/26/2015-us-national-drone-racing-championships

Gene Robinson will tell us about his recent experiences first doing SAR and then taking on the role of Air boss during the floods. He will discuss his takeaway for using small UAS (legally) and i...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/06/16/texas-flood-sar

Gene Robinson and I go over the current events and topics. We talk about the RCAPA NPRM submitted comments. NASA UTM ICAO sARP meeting this week, and the upcoming Super Symposium Small Unmanned ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/04/16/drone-alphabet-soup-for-you

Gene and I discuss the NPRM, E-COA's, The Small Unmanned Systems Business Exposition, the AIrspace Integration Timeline and other relevent topics.   

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/03/18/nprm-talk

In this installment, we talk with Professor Dyson. When it comes to Robot technicians Tony is quite unique, as well as building one of the most famous Robots ever, R2-D2 he has also designed and ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/01/27/super-drones

Gene and I talk about what did and didn’t happen in 2014 i.e. the NPRM and September 2015 integration, not.  The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and other current events. Idea poachers ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2015/01/21/the-grind-2015

We'll discuss current events, and our guest is Paul Aitken from Drone U.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/12/17/drone-u

We have a discussion with one of the pioneering legends of the UAS/RPAS/Drone world Mr. Tad McGeer. If you are interested in hearing about both the origins and the cutting edge of this industry t...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/11/05/unmanned-aircraft-with-tad-mcgeer

We speak with Brandon Brasso, Ph.D., Senior Research and Development Engineer from 3DR about their exciting new line of mapping products.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/10/30/mapping-with-3d-robotics

Gene Robinson and Mike Hennig from RP Search Services will tell us about the Big Plano Texas Search using the Nist owned MLB Super Bat UAS. Patrick Egan will discuss his recent trip to D.C. for t...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/09/17/the-big-texas-search

Our guest is Dr. Stephen McKeever, Secreteary of Science and Technology for the State of Oklahoma. We will get a an overview and comentery about one of the more pro-UAS States.   

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/07/24/unmanned-oklahoma

Gene Robinson and I talk about the FAA and Texas Equusearch UAS Court Decision. Also up for discussion, is the FAA’s Interpretation of the “Special” rule for model aircraft, public respons...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/07/21/infamous--theory-of-enforcement

Gene and Patrick speak with Terry Miller from Transport Risk Managment. We'll discuss some of the criteria to secure commercial liability coverage for your UAS business. A must listen for anyone...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/06/20/commercial-uas-rpas-liability-insurance

Gene and I discuss the 2014Small Umanned System Business Expostion, Test Sites and other current stories.   

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/06/04/the-current-affairs

We talk Brendan Schulman and Gene Robinson about the Texas EquuSearch pettition agaisnt the FAA. Please feel free to call in and ask questions about their use of UAS for Search and Rescue. 323-37...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/04/22/dont-mess-with-texas-equusearch

We talk about commercial drones being legal again in the U.S., Trappy and the relaunch of the RCAPA

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/03/07/saddle-up

Gene and I chat about some of the events and news of late. Up for discussion are, the Prescribed Burn episode of Drone TV, the NASA UTM meeting, contributed to articles in the news and other time...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/02/20/the-round-up

We speak with Jonathan Evans about this public effort to showcase the benefits of Drones.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/02/06/drone-prize-2014

We speak with Eli Delia and Marque Cornblatt about the Game of Drones Kickstarter.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/02/04/game-of-drones

We speak with Sinclair UAS Training and Certification Center Director Dr. Andrew Shepherd.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2014/01/28/sinclair

We discuss agricultural application of sUAS and the potential agrarian gold rush with Utah State Universities Dr. Mac McKee.   http://aggieair.usu.edu

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/12/18/aggieair

Our guest is Matthew Schroyer founder of the Professional Society of Drone Journalists (PSDJ), located at www.DroneJournalism.org He was also a presenter at the 2013 Small Unmanned Systems Busine...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/12/11/drone-journalism

This week we speak with Paul Voss about his article for IEEE Spectrum on Sensible Small Drone Regulation. We also talk to Terry and Belinda Kilby about their book Drone Art Baltimore. Lots to tal...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/12/04/the-art-of-sensible-regulation

We hear from the pilot and co-developer of Lady GaGa’s Volantis flying dress. This is a rare chance to get the inside story on the project and the entertainers views on technology. Who should c...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/11/20/volantis

Our guest is Douglas Marshall, UAS Regulation and Standards Development at NMSU. We’ll have a discussion about the latest Roadmap offerings from the FAA. We'll also touch on the pick 6 for the...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/11/13/roadmaps-and-test-sites

We have a discussion with Raphael Pirker (aka Trappy) and his counsel Brendan Schulman. Among the topics will be, the motion to dismiss the fine and other general questions about the case and the...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/10/30/conversation-with-the-black-sheep

We get a preemptive overview of the RoboBuisness conference with Conference Chairman Dan Kara and Richard Erb. RoboBusiness will be held on October 23-25, 2013 in Santa Clara CA.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/10/16/robo-business

We examine and comment on some of the big stories of the day. The FAA’s giant leap fall’s short with airspace integration effort history and background. Raphael Pirker’s (aka Trappy) Counci...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/10/04/spectacle

More insights, applications and gear reviews from the field.  Gene will be calling in live from a firefighting exercise, and we will recap last week’s demo for the California National Guard. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/09/25/demo-days

We will discuss the Drones and Aerial Robotics Conference with producers and participants of the event scheduled for October 11-13, 2013.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/09/04/darc

We find out moree about the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Airspace Operations Challenge with Dr. Larry Cooper and Michael Hetle from NASA. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/08/28/nasa-uas-aoc-contest

We speak with RCAPA President Mr. Rick Connelly. Views and commentary on the past decade.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/08/21/10-years-of-rcapa

We will discuss impressions live from AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2013

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/08/14/auvsi-2013

Our guest will discuss and give insights on her new production and upcoming release of Civilian Drones. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/08/08/civilian-drones-documentary

Roudtable review of the Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/07/31/business-expo-review

This week we talk to Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo presenters Tad McGeer, CEO of Aerovel, and Eileen Shibley of the California UAS Portal.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/07/16/expo

Our guest is Mr. Todd Jacobs, Deputy Superintendent for Operations and Administration, NOAA NOS Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary & Project Scientist, NOAA OAR Unmanned Aircraft Systems...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/07/10/noaa-pacific

Guest Peter van Blyenburgh of UVS International talks about the progress the rest of the world is making with the airspace integration of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS).   The European...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/07/04/the-global-perspective

We discuss personal and commercial spacefight with Dr. Patricia Hynes from NMSU. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/06/26/commercial-space

We host AUVSI BOD Candidates Dallas Brooks, Benjimine Miller and Mark Gordon. We will discuss the future of the unmanned technology sector.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/06/19/board-block

Our guests are Douglas McQueen from the law firm of LeClair Ryan. He'll be giving us a preview of his presentation for the Small Unmanned Business Exposition. www.susbexpo.com We’ll also hear f...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/06/12/praxis

Our guest for episode #49 is Mr. Chuck Johnson Manager, NASA UAS Integration in the NAS Project.  We’ll hear about the challenges and some possible solutions for NAS integration. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/05/29/nasa-uas-integration-into-the-nas-project

    Hard to believe the first year of production is in the can. Episode 48 will highlight some of what we listened to, liked and learned over the last 47 shows.  We will revisit a few of the t...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/05/08/the-really-big-show

On episode #47 we have Trevor Timm from the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) talking about their privacy efforts and drones. Also up for discussion from the great state of Texas, HB 912.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/04/24/drone-privacy

The FAA let slip the SFAR one more time. This sequel is bordering on the obtuse, but gives us plenty to discuss as we share commentary on the ramifications for the U.S. UAS community.    On the...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/04/17/faa-miss-o-matic-part-quattro

All Weather Sense and Avoid System ADS-B and the potential it holds for integration of UAS into the National Airspace System (NAS). This weeks guests are Dr. V. Michael Contarino, Honorable Richa...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/04/05/awsas

Gene will be calling in from a controlled burn in central Texas. Listeners will get a firsthand account and description of the deployment of the Super Bat UAS for firefighting applications live f...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/03/27/the-burn

Chad Partridge and I discuss the take away from the Drone Law: Opportunities, Risks, and the Future discussion at U.C. Berkley Law School. We’ll recap some of the reservations and misconception...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/03/22/drone-law-talk-take-away

Gene and I discuss the symposiums that we attended this week, whom we met and the subject matter. We will also discuss the announcement of the Small Unmanned Business Exposition.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/03/15/uas-west-by-southwest

Episode 41 With Alan Leonardi, Deputy Director, NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory and Joe Cione. We’ll talk about applications of autonomous systems (both sea and air ba...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/03/06/noaa-unmanned-systems-applications

This week's guest is Dr. Jerry Lemieux from the Unmanned Vehicle University. We discuss direct paths to a professional career in the unmanned technologies sector. Listeners will learn about inter...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/03/04/the-on-ramp

We will discuss some of the recent progress being made by the FAA. Is there a connection between the EFF lawsuit and recent progress? We will alos discuss some of the popular misconceptions about...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/02/20/accountability-makes-change

Gene and I will try to sort out what is going on with the deteriorating UAS situation. Safety study on hold, states banning RCAP, and where are the advocates? 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/02/06/musical-chairs

Join us for a discussion with animal rights advocate and RPA enthusiast, Steve Hindi from SHARK (Showing Animals Respect and Kindness) http://www.sharkonline.org We will also discuss and review t...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/01/29/know-your-animal-rights

Episode #36     We speak with Mr. Gus Calderon and Mr. James Jewel. Mr. Calderon is applying for an exemption to 14 CFR parts 21.191 and 91.319 in a bid to operate his sUAS commercially in the...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/01/25/commercial-suas-operations-in-the-nas

We will hear about some real world applications for small unmanned aircraft by the U.S. Geological Survey. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/01/16/usgs-suas-applications

Episode #34’s guest is Doug Davis, Director of Global UAS Strategic Initiatives at the NMSU PSL.   Mr. Davis has been a long time contributing member of the unmanned aviation community. This w...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/01/09/global-uas-initiatives

We wrap everything up nicely and put a bow on 2012 with guest co-host sUAS News Executive Editor Gary Mortimer. We also wax nostalgically on the significant stories and technology breakthroughs o...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/01/01/ave-atque-vale-2012

We get some insight on what it takes to make it and stay in the unmanned aircraft systems sector with Jay Willmott. This guy has been a success in this industry for around 30 years. Do not miss t...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/12/19/the-rpa-wabac-machine

  Our guest is sUAS Entrepreneur and former Navy SEAL John Surmont.   We will learn about the early days of sUAS applications by Special Forces, and what it takes to monetize this technology. �...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/12/12/suas-tactical-applications

In this installment, we will talk with guest and sUAS News contributor Matthew Schroyer about the bright future of news-gathering with unmanned aircraft, and the one year anniversary of #dronejch...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/12/06/drone-journalism

Test sites, the TMZ Drone, the demise of Airship Ventures and the RPAS Civil Operations Conference. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/11/28/test-site-privacy

We discuss some NASA RPA science mission with our guest Geoff Bland. We’ll get some historical perspective as well as some future plans for the many possible unmanned science missions.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/11/14/rpa-science

Commentary and views on current events and what can be deduced from what we read in the news.   Iran   The Podcast Series topping a 100,000 downloads   The Shed feature from the suasnews.com W...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/11/10/between-the-lines

During the episode, we will broadcast live from a SAR training event being instructed by our co host Gene Robinson. Our guest is Chris Onions. He works full time for Rescue 3 (UK) providing train...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/10/31/field-sar-training-using-unmanned-aircraft

We discuss my attendence of the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Space Flight. We examine the bourgeoning commercial space sector. Parallels and insights into the regulation of...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/10/24/space-oddity

Gene and I discuss current events, future shows and we will broadcast live from a First Person View (FPV) Fly In. sUAS News is blazing a new trail as we start a series of podcasts where we take t...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/10/13/the-fly-in

  In this episode, we'll discuss more feedback from the shows we have attended. My possible attendance of the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). Also, some ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/10/03/the-jumble

In this episode we discuss some of the other benefits offered to the membership with Chris Mailey, AUVSI's VP of Knowledge Resources. Gene and I will also talk about some of the roadwork we've be...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/09/26/auvsi-knowledge-resources

  Gene and I get a update from Ted Wierzbanowski, Chairman of the ASTM F-38 committee. FAA tasked the ASTM (and other groups) to work on standards to supporting the sUAS ARC recommendations and ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/09/19/standards-update--astm-f-38

Gene is headed to D.C. for the House UAS Caucus, and I'm going to Texas for the Southwest Economic Forum. A lot of things going on including a connversation with Jim Williams, head of the FAA UAS...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/09/11/on-the-road

  Our guest will be Mr. Ken Defoor. Mr. Dafoor has a along and distinguished career in law enforcement that includes 27 years as a member of the Houston Police Department, as well as Chief of Po...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/08/30/suas--the-public-safety-view

  Gene and I discuss some ways companies can and are making money in this industry now, in the near-term, as well as in the future. We will also discuss possible strategies you can use to positi...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/08/23/monetizing-unmanned-technology

  Guests will include; Gretchen West, Dr. Jerry Lemieux, Marcus Min and other special guests sharing their experiences and interpretations from the 2012 show. Next best thing to being at the sho...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/08/08/from-the-unmanned-systems-show

  Gene and I will announce the winner of the First To Deploy book download and recap the last 3 months of the show. 

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/08/01/suas-news-podcast-quarter-review

  Our guest for this installment is Gretchen West, Executive Vice President of AUVSI. We will discuss current events as well as the Unmanned Systems Show 2012.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/07/25/current-events-auvsi

  Part of the podcast series that showcases Universities offering education in the Unmanned Technologies field. In this installment we will be speaking with Kyle Snyder and Dr. Larry Silverberg....

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/07/24/back-to-school--north-carolina-state-university

Part two of the podcast series that showcases Universities offering education in the Unmanned Technologies field. In this installment we will be speaking with Dr. Benjamin Trapnell. Associate Pro...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/07/23/back-to-school--university-of-north-dakota

  Part one of the podcast series that showcases Universities offering education in this field.  In this installment we will be speaking with Dr. Jerry LeMieux Director, Unmanned Vehicle Univers...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/07/19/back-to-school--unmanned-vehicle-university

In this weeks episode, we will discuss current events including the AIrship Ventures Zeppelin NT tour. First to Deploy (book and show), and a conversation with Jay Flanzbaum from Boca Bearings ab...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/07/18/boca-bearings-innovations-competition

In this week’s episode, we will have an in-depth and candid discussion with the President of UVS International, Peter van Blyenburgh. Peter will impart some insight into the ICAO, European Comm...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/07/11/a-global-perspective-on-rpas

In this week’s episode, we will talk current events including the launch of Gene’s book, First to Deploy Unmanned Aircraft For SAR & Law Enforcement. We will also have Marcus Min, Lead Gene...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/07/05/first-to-deploy

In this episode we will discuss the uses for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) by Public Safety professionals. Our Guest  Benjamin Miller must have been out on the fires in Colorado??  Gene and m...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/06/27/uas-and-first-responders

  This episode we will discuss the Test Center concept from the small business perspective. This week’s guest is Steve Morris from MLB Company. He will share some of his working knowledge of t...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/06/20/faa-test-center

We will disscuss these topics and current evens with special guests Tim Adelman and Leonard Ligon.    

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/06/13/suas-privacy-issues-dojfaa-streamlining-of-coa-process

  In this  installment I will go over what to expect from the 2012 symposium season, and recap some of what transpired last week. Our special guest is Andra Keay from Robot Launchpad. Andra was...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/06/06/symposium-season-2012-and-robotics-evangelism

FAST FORWARD TO 6 MINUTES… WE EXPERIENCED AUDIO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES   Gene and I will delve into the hullabaloo over privacy concerns and the DHS/FAA lists of approved UAS vendors as well...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/05/30/unmanned-aircraft-systems-current-events

This Installment will feature Bryant Walker Smith. Fellow, Center for Internet and Society (CIS), Stanford Law And Fellow, Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS), Stanford Engineering....

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/05/23/some-legal-considerations-for-the-driverless-car

In this installment, we will discuss the role sUAS plays in assisting the Sea Shepherd in their ongoing endeavor to help safeguard the inhabitants of our delicate ocean ecosystems. Sure to be an ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/05/16/safeguarding-the-oceans-with-the-sea-shepherd-and-suas

The application of unmanned aerial systems for SAR. Interview with Gene Robinson from RP Search Service. We will discuss his vast experience of employing this technology to find missing persons ...

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2012/05/09/suas-search-and-rescue