France’s civil aviation authority the Directorate General for Civil Aviation is hoping to authorise its first long-range drone operations by the end of the year,
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Drone airspace infringements fall in the Netherlands
The number of fines for illegal use of drones in the Netherlands has fallen from a peak in 2016, according to Rob van Nieuwland of
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Boeing builds, flies scaled version of a cargo drone
Boeing (http://www.boeing.com/features/2018/01/cargo-air-vehicle-01-18.page) has announced its Horizon X team has completed initial flight tests of an electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) unmanned cargo aerial vehicle (CAV) prototype. When
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More than one million drones now registered in the USA
US Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced at the Consumer Electronics Show that the total number of drones now registered with the Federal
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Bell exhibits electric/hybrid urban air taxi cabin at CES
One of the surprise exhibits at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been Bell Helicopter’s electric helicopter cabin. The full version of the
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European drone operators! What should be the priorities of a European UTM system?
The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) and partners are developing a concept of operations for a European UAS traffic management system and are asking drone operators for
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Insitu demonstrates airspace situational awareness for BVLOS drone flights
Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has announced the completion of a flight demonstration for its ground-based Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) airspace situational
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Department 13 and Raytheon “to develop joint counter-UAS capabilities”
Australia’s Department 13 (D13) has formed a new partnership with Raytheon to develop counter-UAS, according to press reports. “D13 and Raytheon initially will seek opportunities
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Kittyhawk launches automated flight programme with unlimited waypoints
Commercial drone operations software company Kittyhawk, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas announced it is adding an automated flight programme to its Flight
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Russian forces “foil UAS swarm attack”, build up counter-UAS capabilities
The Russian defence ministry is reported to have used a combination of missiles and jamming systems to foil an attack on its Khmeimim air base
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