On 27 April the US House of Representatives approved the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 aimed at providing long-term funding for the agency while setting
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Lightweight, quick-release parachute launched for Mavic Pro
Fruitychutes (https://fruitychutes.com/buyachute/drone-and-uav-parachute-recovery-c-21/dji-drone-parachute-bundles-c-21_31/dji-mavic-pro-drone-parachute-with-automatic-trigger-system-p-256.html) has announced the launch of its lightweight Harrier Launcher parachute system for the DJI Mavic Pro to protect people and property below in
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Kongsberg, Echodyne, uAvionix link to produce low-cost C-UAS system
Kongsberg Geospatial, Echodyne Corp, and uAvionix have announced that they have integrated their technologies to create a new counter-drone system called “ARGUS CUAS”. According to
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AirMap, Project Wing “demonstrate NASA UTM TCL3 de-confliction capabilities”
AirMap and Project Wing report they have successfully demonstrated a solution to safety-critical airspace deconfliction challenges as part of the ongoing NASA-UTM trials. As a
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Unifly announces senior executive appointments to its advisory board
UTM platform provider Unifly has announced a number of senior executives have accepted positions on the Advisory board of the company.. John Walker is Senior Partner
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Pioneering UTM, BVLOS and large cargo drone operations in Africa
Geoffrey Nyaga is the Chief Operations Officer of Astral Aerial Solutions Ltd, Kenya Perhaps you could describe the reasons behind developing your UTM concept, its
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Kongsberg provides Arctic UAV operator with BVLOS situational awareness
Kongsberg Geospatial and Arctic UAV, a provider of UAS in the Canadian Arctic, have announced that the Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UAS situational awareness application has
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US Army “deploying Orbital mobile anti-UAS defence system”
UAS Vision (https://www.uasvision.com/2018/04/25/m-auds-delivered-on-mat-v-vehicles/) reports that the US Army is now deploying its mobile-anti unmanned aerial vehicle defence system with a networked low, slow, small, unmanned
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Airbus “successfully tests manned and unmanned aircraft interoperability”
Airbus Helicopters and Schiebel have tested Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) capabilities between an H145 platform and a CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS), becoming the first
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US Air Force to organise C-UAS directed energy event
According to the Federal Business Opportunities Website (https://www.fbo.gov/index?id=dac4e2b683e634fd81259f6a6fc893f4) the US Air Force has issued a pre-solicitation notice to invite companies to a directed energy (DE)
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