Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes

Japan News (http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004680507) reports that the Japan Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Association (JUAV) (https://www.juav.org/about/index-en.html) plans to launch a drone certification system which includes a guarantee a

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Bloomberg reports (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-24/uber-airbus-are-said-to-be-enlisted-in-japan-s-flying-car-plan) that the Japanese government has set up a committee to look at how flying cars and air taxis can be integrated into

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Echodyne has announced it has received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification for its EchoFlight radar, an airborne detect and avoid radar designed for integration into a

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The Australian Certified UAV Operators Inc (ACUO) has welcomed the final Report of the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport, following

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Grand Sky, an operational commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS)-focused research and development park in the USA, has announced beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight

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Special report   Urban drone operations – from providing security and emergency services to mail deliveries – are being pioneered throughout the world.  Below is

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Researchers at the University of Washington (https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/08/15/flying-blind/) have developed a new method that gives drones the ability to navigate in case of a GPS failure,

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Innovation Quarter (https://www.innovationquarter.nl/en/news/straks-autonome-pakketbezorging-over-fietspad-en-door-de-lucht-deze-qatarese-bedrijven-kozen-rotterdam-om-hun-innovatie-waar-te-maken/) reports that two Qatari companies have developed a joint venture Geeba to develop ground and drone package delivery services in Rotterdam. Airlift

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