General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has announced the successful demonstration of its Fencepost acoustic detection system at the U.S. Army’s Fires Center of Excellence annual
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Ford proposes anti-collision lights-based drone tracking/ID system
Ford Motor Company’s Palo Alto-based UAV Systems group has developed a drone identify- and-track system, using drones’ onboard collision lights to beam their 10-digit FAA registration
Read moreNATO approves sense and avoid standard for UAS operations
UAS Vision (https://www.uasvision.com/2018/03/08/nato-uas-sense-and-avoid-standard-announcement/) reports that NATO has approved its first standard for UAS Sense and Avoid: “Guidance on Sense and Avoid for Unmanned Aircraft Systems”,
Read moreKongsberg provides BVLOS situational awareness for Drone America
Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based developer of geospatial visualisation software, and Drone America, who develop drones for a variety of disaster response, humanitarian relief and commercial
Read moreENAV estimates “up to EUR 75 million in UTM income by 2028”
Italy’s air navigation service provider (ANSP) ENAV has become the world’s first ANSP to produce a public version of its UTM business plan, with proposed
Read moreTEOCO launches AirborneUTM, featuring machine-learning algorithms to support BVLOS operations
TEOCO, a US provider of analytics, assurance and optimization solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs) and OEMs worldwide, has launched AirborneUTM, a Service
Read more“To use the metaphor of the internet, UTM is at the stage where personal modems have just gone on the market” – Interview with Skyward’s Jonathan Evans
Could you give any update on how the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) programme is progressing – challenges, milestones, number of participants? LAANC
Read moreFAA to expand LAANC programme with new providers, new sites
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding tests of the prototype Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC). Initial test services were launched at several air traffic
Read moreLufthansa Systems launches rule-based UTM app
Lufthansa Systems is presenting its new Drone Solutions at this week’s World ATM Congress in Madrid; the app takes care of rules and regulations for
Read moreUnifly and Integra link to form UTM services around airports
Unifly and Integra Aviation Academy have joined forces to set up an Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system that makes it possible to detect, monitor and
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