The Brisbane Courier Mail (https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/brisbane-to-get-10-drone-launch-pads/news-story/b0574a2e601598769a55f66327c7f6de) and UAS Vision (https://www.uasvision.com/2018/08/10/brisbane-to-get-10-drone-launch-pads/) report that the city will build 10 permanent drone launch pads in city parks. “It follows a surge
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Canadian agencies trial emergency airspace management system
Kongsberg Geospatial Ltd., an Ottawa-based developer of geospatial visualization software, hannounced today the conclusion of the final trials of a new situational awareness system for
Read moreProject Wing starts BVLOS urban area drone delivery trials
Bloomberg reports that Project Wing has made the first beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) over-urban area drone delivery flights in Virginia, as part of
Read more“World’s first” urban drone delivery network launches in Iceland
Iceland’s largest native online marketplace, Aha.is, has announced what is thought to be the world’s first urban drone delivery network – launching 13 new routes for
Read moreEurocontrol seeks expert to support UAS ATM integration
The objective of this Call for Tenders is to select an expert to support the UAS ATM Integration activity of EUROCONTROL, where maintaining the “Big
Read morePierce Aerospace wins US Air Force funding for remote drone ID research
Pierce Aerospace has announced it was recently awarded a U.S. Air Force SBIR (small business innovation research grant) for advancing the work of Flight Portal
Read moreRegional UTM research receives multi-million dollar boost in Ohio
The Ohio Federal Research Network (OFRN) awarded USD6.3 million to four teams in support of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) research and development (R&D). Funding was
Read moreUS Navy awards CACI USD48.5 million C-UAS network contract
CACI International Inc has announced that the US Navy has awarded the company a USD48.5 million single-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide integration, installation,
Read more“We need to cooperate and be more courageous – or be left behind”
Lorenzo Murzilli is Manager of Innovation and Advanced Technologies at the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) in Switzerland, Leader of JARUS WG-6 and Treasurer
Read more“Over 70% of commercial US drone flights involve some kind of hazard” – SkyWatch
Over 70% of commercial US drone flights involve some kind of hazard, according to research from drone insurance company SkyWatch (https://www.skywatch.ai/blog/skywatch-ai-flight-data-insights). The company has analysed
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