On June 10, 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the first commercial UAS operation over land. The FAA issued the approval to British Petroleum (BP) and AeroVironment, an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) manufacturer, to fly AeroVironment’s PUM…
Read More »On June 9, 2014, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that the third of six test sites chosen for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research has been deemed operational. The FAA granted the State of Nevada a two-year Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) to use an In…
Read More »On June 4, 2014, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a notice of availability for the legal interpretation issued on April 29, 2014 (“April 2014 Legal Interpretation”),clarifying the qualification requirements for pilots assigned as second in command (SIC) on flight operations …
Read More »On June 2, 2014, The Wicks Group signed a one-year contract to provide technical assistance and consulting services to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of India. The contract was supported by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), who provided funds for a bilateral assistanc…
Read More »The Wicks Group is pleased to announce that Ms. Cornelia (Connie) Wilson-Hunter will be joining the firm as a Senior Advisor. She joined TWG effective May 1, 2014. Ms. Wilson-Hunter recently completed a long career with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that included managing the $20 mil…
Read More »On May 5, 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that the second of the six test sites chosen for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research has been deemed operational. The FAA granted a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) to the Univer…
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