About andrewc

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far andrewc has created 10 blog entries.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Drone Flying

They don’t have a football team yet, and their mascot might as well be a triangular-shaped drone, like the white flying wing featured in the school’s maroon-and-gray logo.

But Unmanned Vehicle University, or UVU as President Jerry LeMieux calls it, […]

2016-10-14T12:50:25-04:00June 2nd, 2014|Drone News|

National Geographic Interview

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released its first annual Roadmap outlining efforts needed to safely integrate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the nation’s airspace.

The Roadmap addresses current and future policies, regulations, technologies and procedures that will be required as demand moves the […]

2016-10-14T12:50:25-04:00June 2nd, 2014|Drone News|

CBS News

The recent Federal Aviation Authority decision designating six states as testing sites for the development of unmanned aerial vehicles left Arizona out of the mix.

However, people involved in the unmanned aerial vehicle industry insist that the FAA’s decision locking Arizona out as a test site is not the death blow to…

2015-02-02T15:06:16-05:00June 2nd, 2014|Drone News|

FOX News

When you think of drones, you probably think of the military or something used for surveillance. Before now, those who developed these technologies were mainly in the military, but not anymore.

A University based in Phoenix, Arizona is helping civilian students learn what it takes to get a piece of the drone action.

How about a drone […]

2015-02-02T15:06:11-05:00June 2nd, 2014|Drone News|

ABC News Article

At a remote-controlled model airplane field in Sarasota, Fla., Justin Woody was struggling to operate a mini-copter.

It was not a toy but an unmanned air vehicle, a drone, and Woody was getting hands-on training on how to fly a variety of them at a three-day […]

2016-10-14T12:50:25-04:00June 2nd, 2014|Drone News|

sUAS News

University (UVU) received approval from the Veterans Administration to educate veterans on the use of UAVs as part of their Educational Benefits.

Unmanned Vehicle University (UVU) is the World’s first school to be licensed to grant Doctorate and Masters Degrees in Unmanned Systems Engineering. UVU also offers a Certificate in UAS Project […]

2015-02-02T15:05:55-05:00June 2nd, 2014|Drone News|

AZ Central

corrected8F2C4252_f5c08f16-31c7-4ab8-8046-b167c031c48c_large

Stephen Rayleigh’s unmanned aircraft does aerial photography from an altitude of 300 feet with images so crisp a runner’s shadow is visible on the pavement.

Rayleigh, 24, a recent graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, is developing a remote-control aerial technology […]

2016-10-14T12:50:25-04:00June 2nd, 2014|Drone News|

USA Today

1387589821000-Tripard2

In March, 47-year-old Stephen Myers ditched the information technology company that he built from the ground up and went back to school.

His choice of study? Drone technology. He’s now earning a specialized degree from the Unmanned Vehicle University in Arizona. […]

2016-10-14T12:50:26-04:00June 2nd, 2014|Drone News|

Cronkite News

Drone Designer

WASHINGTON – Stephen Rayleigh and Matt Lyon thought they were done with careers in drones after they left the Army in 2010 and enrolled at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott.

Until they met Professor Ray Bedard.

Rayleigh wanted to […]

2016-10-14T12:50:26-04:00June 1st, 2014|Drone News|

Go to Top