Toulouse Métropole has joined the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Initiative of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC). The initiative is led
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Three take-aways from ICAO’s Drone Enable 2: Answers as well as questions to UTM/ATM integration
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Integrating two completely different cultural, institutional and technical airspace management systems was never going to be easy but what Drone Enable 2
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UK government advisers propose public consultation on air taxis
The UK’s Department for Transport’s Science Advisory Council (SAC) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-future-of-flight-2017/position-statement-on-future-of-flight) has recommended that the department should start a public consultation on whether and how urban air
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Sensofusion launches upgraded version of AIRFENCE C-UAS
sUAS News (https://www.suasnews.com/) reports that Sensofusion is launching a latest version of its AIRFENCE counter-UAS system. “AIRFENCE 6.0 dramatically improves and upgrades Sensofusion’s capabilities to detect
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US Stinger missile to get new counter-UAS capability
UAS Vision (https://www.uasvision.com/2018/09/20/proximity-fuze-anti-uas-warhead-for-the-stinger/) and the Redstone Rocket (https://www.theredstonerocket.com/military_scene/article_1d971606-bc1a-11e8-954e-77d1c5059278) report that the Cruise Missile Defense Systems Project Office, in conjunction with the Armament Research and Development
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EU research funding helps develop low-cost drone navigation system
The European Commission’s news service (https://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/239570_en.html) reports that an EU-funded initiative has developed a low-cost positioning and navigation system for unmanned aerial systems (UASs). Utilising
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Latest Russian C-UAS gun “has prevented more than 20 UAS attacks”
The Firearms Blog (https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/09/10/russian-pishal-anti-drone-gun-to-be-sold-both-in-military-le-and-civilian-markets/) reports that a Russian company called “Avtomatika Concern” (a subsidiary of Rostec state corporation) has introduced an anti-UAS gun called “Pishal” (Пищаль
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NASA seeks industry partners for its new urban air mobility challenge
The US Federal Business Opportunities website ( https://www.fbo.gov/index.php?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=57bbdeecd8e64a6a083ecb19e660cfdb&tab=core&_cview=0) reports that NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) vision is to revolutionize mobility within metropolitan areas by enabling a
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Final wave of FAA LAANC airspace authorizations goes live in central north USA
On 13 September the Federal Aviation Administration announced the final wave of immediate airspace authorizations of the LAANC (Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability) programme
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Xcel Energy starts BVLOS drone flights to check transmission lines
Xcel Energy has begun operating drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) during ongoing inspections of transmission lines near Denver, Colorado. “Today’s flight takes us
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