Tagged: drones

2:39pm

Mon March 25, 2013
Drones

Hanna optimistic upstate New York will land drone test site

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Upstate New York has a good chance of becoming one of six federally designated drone testing sites to be named later this year, says Rep. Richard Hanna.

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3:04pm

Tue March 12, 2013
Drones

Domestic drone industry may bring $443 million to New York

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Joe Kummer is president of Propulsive Wing, a small drone maker in Elbridge, N.Y.

New York state is poised to become one of the nation's leading economic beneficiaries of a burgeoning domestic drone industry, according to a new report from an industry trade group.

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4:50pm

Wed February 20, 2013
The Upstate Economy

Upstate New York bids to become federal drone testing site

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A coalition of upstate New York universities and defense contractors has submitted a bid to become a federally designated testing and research site for the integration of unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, into domestic airspace.

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4:03pm

Thu January 24, 2013
Technology

We now go live on scene to... our drone?

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The AR Parrot 2.0 drone can be bought at Toys R Us or Amazon.com for $300.

Dan Pacheco is able to steer a small drone above a group of students with just a WiFi connection and his iPad. What the drone sees is projected onto a big screen in front of them.

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1:38pm

Fri March 2, 2012
Politics and Government

Drone Protesters on The Campbell Conversations

Ann Wright and Kathy Kelly were both in Syracuse this week to be sentenced for their part in the protests against the MQ-9 Reaper drones in Afghanistan, which are being flown remotely from Hancock Field. 

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