Numerous press reports say Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro has survived an assassination attempt from opposition forces using drones armed with explosives. According to some reports
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
FAA extends deadline for industry support services to drone advisory committee
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has extended its deadline for accepting proposals from industry to support the work of the Drone Advisory Committee (see UnmannedAirspace
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Lockheed Martin to provide US Army with airborne C-UAS payloads
US Army Contracting Command announced a notice of intent to sole-source its requirement for an Airborne High-Powered Microwave (HPM) Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (CUAS) along
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Regulator “approves Drone Delivery Canada trial flights of urban delivery system”
Drone Delivery Canada (http://www.dronedeliverycanada.com/news/press-releases/drone-delivery-canada-granted-approval-by-transport-canada-to-commence-testing-its-25lbs-heavy-lifting-drone-in-the-canadian-skies/) has announced Transport Canada has granted the Company a SFOC (Special Flight Operations Certificate) approving the Company to commence testing of
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Senator doubles Virginia state funding for drone integration programmes
The Drive (http://www.thedrive.com/tech/22601/virginia-senator-doubles-state-drone-funding-to-6m-to-bolster-uas-integration-program) reports that US Senator Mark Warner has introduced an amendment to Virginia’s “minibus” spending package, essentially doubling the state’s funding for drone
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AirMap to provide UTM services to the Czech Republic
AirMap has announced that its UTM services are being deployed by Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic (ANS CR) to deliver situational awareness and
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AUVSI and ANSI to collaborate on developing US drone standards roadmap
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) is collaborating with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to draft a roadmap for the development and
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Drone public safety research centre opens in Nevada
The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) on 31 July 2018 announced the launch of the Nevada Drone Center of Excellence for Public Safety (NDCOE).
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redUAS to develop C-UAS training for emergency responders via New Mexico Tech
redUAS (http://www.reduas.us/), a counter-UAS services, training and operations company, has been awarded a contract by New Mexico Tech to develop and deliver C-UAS training to
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EU funds new wave of Horizon 2020 urban air mobility research
The European Union’s Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) has selected 27 new projects under the Mobility for Growth, the Automated Road Transport, and the Green Vehicles calls, with
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