The latest iteration of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 has been agreed in Washington with the likely consequence that drone operators with drones
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
NUAIR seeks industry partners for second stage New York state UTM trial
UAV Vision publication reports that the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) Alliance has announced the opening of the evaluation and selection process of vendor(s) for
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US Navy “requests USD37.2 million for counter UAS systems”
Inside Defense (https://insidedefense.com/) reports that the US Navy in its fiscal year 2018 supplemental request has included a sum of USD37.2 million in wartime funding
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Sensofusion announces new generation Airfence counter-UAS system
Sensofusion has launched Airfence 5.0, the latest version of its detection, tracking and countermeasure technology. According to the company Airfence 5.0 offers new and improved
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South Korea “to launch parcel delivery, night-time flights”
The Korea Herald (http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171109000712) reports that the use of drones will be permitted for night-time broadcasting and parcel deliveries in remote island areas, as part
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Uber and NASA link to create flying urban taxi services
Uber is taking part in a joint industry and government push with NASA to develop software to manage “flying taxi” routes, reports Reuters. According to
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DJI launches drone-fleet centralised flight management
DJI has launched its FlightHub web-based application, a centralised drone fleet flight management centre. “As commercial use of drone technology increases each day, businesses need
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NASA adds urban air mobility to its strategic research plan
NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) has updated its strategic implementation plan to include research into Urban Air Mobility, or UAM. According to the agency:
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“Low-altitude airspace solutions must….avoid favoring any system” – Travis Mason, Airbus A^3
With Altiscope you are developing an airspace management platform and with Vahana an autonomous air taxi to fly in that airspace – how far would
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Singapore issues call for proposals to develop a UTM system
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and the Ministry of Transport have issued a call for proposals to develop a UTM system for the country.
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