On 17 July, US Congress Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and senior member of the House Judiciary Committee Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH) introduced H.R. 6401,
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Brussels joins the EU Urban Air Mobility initiative
Brussels has become the latest city to join the European Union’s Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Initiative that is part of the European Innovation Partnership in Smart
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Poland’s Droniada BVLOS competition “paves the way for UTM, risk assessment progress”
Poland’s DroneRadar (https://droneradar.eu/blog/2018/07/17/massive-test-for-autonomous-flight-to-assess-air-risk-for-sora-before-implementing-bvlos-regulation-in-poland/) reports the successful conclusion of Droniada 2018, an exercise involving six academic teams to develop beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone operations along with the UTM
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“With drones and UTM we have developed regulations and standards in parallel”
Christian Schleifer-Heingärtner is Secretary General of EUROCAE, the European leader in the development of worldwide recognised industry standards for aviation. You have quite an
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DJI streamlines geo-fencing authorisation for commercial drone operators
DJI has improved its geofencing system for commercial drone operators. Professional drone pilots with authorization to fly in sensitive locations can now use a streamlined
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US Army buys Raytheon’s Coyote UAS and KRFS radar for C-UAS applications
The U.S. Army will use Raytheon Company’s Coyote® unmanned aircraft system and the KRFS radar (Ku band radio frequency system) to counter the escalating threat of
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Boeing and SparkCognition link to advance artificial intelligence in UTM
At Farnborough International 2018 Boeing announced it is collaborating with artificial intelligence (AI) technology leader, SparkCognition, to deliver unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) solutions.
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Aeronyde and Unifly link to provide emergency responders with UTM and autonomy
Florida-based Autonomous Aerial Systems (AAS) company Aeronyde and Belgian Unmanned Traffic Management provider Unifly has announced a partnership to bring advanced UAV technology to emergency
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Elbit’s new HermesTM 900 StarLiner “configured to fly in civil IFR airspace alongside airliners”
Israel’s Elbit Systems has announced the launch of the HermesTM 900 StarLiner, a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) that features adverse weather
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Dedrone launches cloud-based C-UAS network “with no on-site infrastructure”
Dedrone (https://www.dedrone.com/press/dedrone-introduces-drone-detection-in-the-cloud) has announced the release of Dedrone Cloud which “streamlines and accelerates drone detection technology installations, without requiring on-site IT infrastructure or maintenance.” “Customers
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