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MITRE Corporation has put a $100,000 bounty on misbehaving drones through a contest aimed at bringing them down. The not-for-profit think tank, which does a lot of government-sponsored research, says it’s “working with multiple federal agencies” to come up with system(s) that can detect small drones that might pose a threat and then force them […]

AVweb’s search of aviation news around the world found announcements from Flying Eyes Sunglasses, Piper Aircraft, Just Aircraft, and ForeFlight. Flying Eyes Sunglasses of Austin, Texas, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $50,000 for its new line of products. Flying Eyes began when Dean Siracusa, a private pilot, could no longer stand the headaches […]

Like spilled red wine soaking into a white tablecloth, the meme that we live in an age of fear seems to be an indelible idea. I would like to state two things for the record, however. One, I think that whatever fear exists is mostly a product of hysterical cable news coverage. And second, speaking […]

Honda Aircraft’s light jet won certification from the FAA this week, making the formal announcement Wednesday at the company’s Greensboro, N.C., plant. Honda’s long-anticipated announcement comes after more than 18 years of development for the twin jet, which completed certification flight tests in November. The aircraft, known officially as the HA-420, is expected to develop […]

Manufacturers of general aviation aircraft — and the folks who buy those aircraft — have been waiting for a few years for the FAA to move forward with a rewrite of the Part 23 rules that govern certification — and now advocates are pressing for an NPRM to be ready by the end of this […]

Artists at Disney Animation have created unique nose art for a B-17 called Swamp Ghost, which was lost on a mission in the Pacific during World War II. In what may be the first collaboration by Disney since the end of the war, the studio created art that depicts a Donald Duck character emerging from […]

The MicroTower is a highly automated traffic and weather robot for airports of all sizes. It incorporates some pretty smart artificial intelligence, as will be obvious from this AVweb video checkout of the system. view on YouTube

Images of a Catalina PBY-5 that sank during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 74 years ago this week can now be viewed online after a successful archaeological survey of the wreckage. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and the University of Hawaii partnered for the expedition over the summer […]

The Santa Monica Airport, which has become a poster case for protecting general aviation airports, must stay open until at least 2023, the FAA said on Friday. The historic airport, which has been active since 1917, supports about 300 operations a day and is popular with the private-jet set. It’s less popular with local residents […]

Pieces of the F-1 rocket engines that launched the Apollo 12 mission 46 years ago are at The Museum of Flight in Seattle after undergoing a 2 1/2-year restoration. An injector plate was among the pieces unveiled by entrepreneur Jeff Bezos in November as part of the future exhibit, which will include Apollo mission artifacts […]