Cristina Mihalachioiu is Co-Founder, Legal and Communication, of INVOLI. Can you describe the INVOLI concept? We provide the currently missing air traffic data necessary to
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FBI “will need new powers to counter growing UAS threat”
“We welcome the introduction of the Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018,” said Scott Brunner, Deputy Assistant Director, Critical Incident Response Group at the Federal
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GE launches AiRXOS UTM company, forms IPP partnerships
GE has launched AiRXOS a new company helping to accelerate the safe, efficient, scalable integration of air and ground space for manned and unmanned vehicles. According to
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FAA restricts drone flights over prisons and Coast Guard facilities
For the first time the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has placed specific flight restrictions for drones over Federal Bureau of Prisons and US Coast Guard
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GUTMA annual conference day two: end-to-end UTM demonstration debuts in Spain
The first UTM end-to-end demonstration (from registration, flight-plan publishing, approval and then flight) took place in Spain on 6 May 2018, day two of the
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Boeing HorizonX invests in UTM system supplier Kittyhawk
Boeing has announced an investment in UTM system supplier Kittyhawk. Boeing HorizonX Ventures has participated in this seed funding round led by Bonfire Ventures, with participation by
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Hensoldt to show portable “Xpeller Gear” C-UAS at Eurosatory
At Eurosatory, the international defence and security exhibition in Paris, the sensor solutions provider Hensoldt will be showcasing for the first time a portable version
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Swiss Post extends medical sample drone delivery flights
Swiss Post (https://www.post.ch/en/about-us/company/media/press-releases/2018/swiss-post-begins-transporting-laboratory-samples-for-insel-gruppe) reports it is working together with drone manufacturer Matternet to evaluate the link between the Tiefenau hospital and University Hospital Insel. “The
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GUTMA annual conference day one: Service providers take the initiative in providing globally interoperable UTM technology
Five UAS service suppliers (USSs) have joined together under the sponsorship of Google’s Project Wing to develop a global, grid-based USS-USS open-source communications platform, called
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The central error in decentralised UTM
Andrew Charlton is Managing Director of Aviation Advocacy (http://www.aviationadvocacy.aero/) The European Commission is currently attempting to devise regulations for the operation of U-Space – the proposed
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