CFM certificates C919 engine ahead of first flight

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/cfm-certificates-c919-engine-ahead-of-first-flight-432656/

New report shows we are moving closer to beyond line of sight UAS operations

http://theuasmagazine.com/blog/article/2016/12/new-report-shows-we-are-moving-closer-to-beyond-line-of-sight-uas-operations

Military UAS Makers Eye Commercial Markets As Civil Roles Widen

http://aviationweek.com/aerospace-2017/military-uas-makers-eye-commercial-markets-civil-roles-widen

NASA Aircraft Electric Propulsion Tests At NEAT Location

Unique NASA facility will expand understanding of electric propulsion

NASA's unique facility is the first designed to test high-power, flight-weight electric propulsion systems for future single-aisle airliners at full scale, on the ground, before moving to flight testing.

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http://aviationweek.com/propulsion/nasa-aircraft-electric-propulsion-tests-neat-location

Naval Research Laboratory completes hydrogen powered UAV flight

http://mil-embedded.com/news/navy-research-laboratory-completes-uav-flight-with-hydrogen-powered-fuel-cell/

Naval Research Laboratory completes UAV flight with hydrogen ... Military Embedded Systems WASHINGTON. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researchers completed the first flight of the Ion Tiger unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a new built in-house hydrogen-powered fuel cell. The NRL chemistry and tactical electronic warfare divisions built ...

Amazon gets US patent for 'countermeasures' to protect drone delivery - CNBC

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/21/amazon-gets-us-patent-for-countermeasures-to-protect-drone-delivery.html

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Amazon gets US patent for 'countermeasures' to protect drone delivery CNBC "Disagreement between data generated by the first UAV with external data from the second UAV may result in the determination that the first UAV is compromised," the filing explains. Moreover, the filing reveals that communications links on the mesh ...