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All interested parties are invited to attend the meetings of ASTM International Committee F38 on Unmanned Aircraft Systems on Nov. 13 and 14, during the November Committee Week in Atlanta, Georgia. The subjects to be discussed at the meeting are sense-and-avoid, terminology, launchers, visual range flight practices, commercial pilot practices and manufacturing quality assurance practice. One trio…
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Having the necessary documentation to maintain and repair any sort of aircraft is of the utmost importance. With this in mind, ASTM International Committee F38 on Unmanned Aircraft Systems has developed a new standard, F 2584 , Practice for Maintenance and Development of Maintenance Manuals for Light Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The new practice, which is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee…
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A new ASTM International standard will provide paving contactors and producers with instructions for preparing cold mix asphalt samples for testing. The standard, D 7229 , Test Method for Preparation and Determination of the Bulk Specific Gravity of Dense-Graded Cold Mix Asphalt (CMA) Specimens by Means of the Superpave Gyratory Compactor, was developed by Subcommittee D04.27 on Cold Mix Asphalts…
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The U.S. Department of Defense recently adopted a commercial standard to govern the performance of automated sense and avoid systems it procures for its unmanned aircraft. The standard, ASTM F 2411, Specification for Design and Performance of an Airborne Sense-and-Avoid System, was developed last year by ASTM Internationals F38 Committee on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, whose members represent a…