AUVSI reports: “The FAA is planning to update its rule for small UAS to permit night time operations. According to the FAA’s recently released “Integration
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
GUTMA produces map of global UTM developments
In preparation for ICAO’s second Drone Enable Symposium, the Global UTM Association (GUTMA) (https://gutma.org/map/?utm_source=Global+UTM+Associations+Updates&utm_campaign=f06d90d61b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_21_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7168e4551e-f06d90d61b-204871929) has launched an interactive and collaborative map of international UTM implementations. The
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“We can get new BVLOS operations very inexpensively and very quickly up the air”- Thomas Swoyer, Grand Sky
In early August this year the Grand Sky commercial UAS research and development park, co-located with the Grand Forks (North Dakota) US Air Force Base,
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Antwerp joins EU Urban Air Mobility network – initial services will focus on police surveillance
Antwerp has signed a Manifesto of Intent to join the the UAM Initiative (EIP-SCC), joining other European cities and regions including Geneva Hamburg, Ingolstadt, Gent,
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First international urban air mobility programme to deliver medical services in Germany, the Netherlands
The Euregio, a cross border region spanning Germany and the Netherlands around Twente and bordering parts of Niedersachsen and Nordrhein-Westfalia, has become the first Urban
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Bell heads team to work with NASA on integrated airspace drone operations
Bell Helicopter has announced a cooperative agreement with NASA for an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) flight demonstration in the National Airspace System (NAS) expected to
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Walmart patent application “a basis for blockchain drone delivery service”
UAS Weekly.com (http://uasweekly.com/2018/09/05/walmart-patents-blockchain-system-for-automated-delivery-drones/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=uasweekly_newsletter_2018_09_05&utm_term=2018-09-05) reports that Walmart has filed a patent application as a possible basis “for developing a system through which capable autonomous electronic devices (like
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“Don’t just make the business case…Start making the safety case, too” – FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell
InterDrone Las Vegas news – In his keynote address FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell urged delegates to focus on the safety case as well as
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AirMap integrates its platform into QGroundControl drone station as part of the Dronecode project
InterDrone Las Vegas news – AirMap has today released the integration of the AirMap Platform SDK into QGroundControl, the de-facto standard open source ground control
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Liteye “receives USD18 million USAF contract for C-UAS equipment”
Press reports say Liteye Systems (http://liteye.com/) has received a USD18 million follow on contract for the delivery of numerous containerized anti-unmanned aircraft systems, or C-AUDS
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