Alphabet’s Project Wing is trialling merchant deliveries in Australia. The test market is Queanbeyan, South Eastern Australia, where two merchants have signed up for delivery-by-drone services: Guzman
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
“The next generation of drone threats will be swarms and completely autonomous drones”
Ryan Hodgens is Director of Business Development at WhiteFox Defense Technologies Inc How would you characterize the counter-UAS market, in terms of geography and customers (defence,
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“New regulations, airspace change and psychology, the key to unlocking drone potential” – Helios
Drones and various Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), are becoming increasingly popular. In fact, a 2016 study commissioned by Europe’s Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR)[1]
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FAA selects Thales to help simplify drone access to NAS
The Federal Aviation Administration has selected a small group of companies, including Thales, to support their effort to simplify the process for small UAS operators
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FAA grants CNN permission to fly drones over people
News broadcaster CNN has received a first-of-its-kind Part 107 waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly a small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) over
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Skyward approved by FAA to give drone operators access to low altitude airspace
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Skyward to give commercial drone operators instant access to controlled airspace with its new Low Altitude Authorization and Notification
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Regulators start assessment of urban air taxi operations
Regulating air taxi services will provide safety regulators with a number of serious challenges, according to Mike Gadd, Business and Technical Lead Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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FAA approves Daedalus commercial drone services in Boston
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Daedalus Drone Services with unprecedented approval to fly in and around Boston. With the waiver, Daedalus Drone Services
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SRC wins multiple Defense Department C-UAS contracts
SRC has been awarded a USD12.7 million contract to provide the US Air Force with counter-UAS systems to meet an urgent requirement to detect and
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US Army “develops power line detection system for drones”
US Army scientists and engineers have developed a sensor and software system for detecting energized power lines in the vicinity of an aerial craft, reports
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