A research team from the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) has released a report (http://www.assureuas.org/projects/deliverables/sUASAirborneCollisionReport.php) that concludes that drones that
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Mercedes Zurich drone delivery programme reaches 100 flights
Mercedes-Benz Vans, US drone systems developer Matternet and Swiss online marketplace siroop have completed 100 flights of their pilot project in Zurich to test an efficient van
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Thales purchases counter-UAS radar manufacturer Aveillant
Thales has completed the take-over of UK-based holographic radar manufacturer Aveillant. Holographic radars perform very differently to standard surveillance techniques by establishing a permanent and
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Elta wins USD39 million US defence department counter-UAS contract
The US Department of Defense has announced Elta, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industry (IASA), has been awarded a not-to-exceed USD39 million contract action for
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Michigan State proposes developing its own UTM system
The US State of Michigan’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force (UASTF) has released a report of recommendations it presented to Governor Rick Snyder and to
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Commercial UTM system “goes live in South Korea”
sUAS News (https://www.suasnews.com/) reports that Terra Drone Co Ltd, a Japanese commercial drone service company, has launched a commercialized UAS traffic management (UTM) system in
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Flight Safety Foundation logs 3,700 drone near-miss incidents
The drone section of the Aviation Safety Network ASN Drone Database, an exclusive service of the Flight Safety Foundation (www.flightsafety.org), now contains over 3,700 reports
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UK to set up drone registration system and launch integration programme with cities
The UK government is to set up a drone registration system, give police new powers to prevent the unsafe or criminal use of drones and
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EHang “developing two-seat drone taxi”
The UK’s Daily Star newspaper reports that China’s EHang is developing a two-seat autonomous 100kmh drone taxi for mass production in 2018 – and is
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ASTM International starts work on BVLOS drone delivery standards
ASTM International’s committee on unmanned aircraft systems (F38) has held a meeting at Virginia Tech that included significant progress in standards development and live demonstrations.
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