Senator John Hoeven (https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-secures-funding-to-advance-cbps-uas-operations-and-develop-counter-uas-technology-in-fy19), a member of the US Senate Appropriations Committee on Homeland Security, has outlined provisions he secured in the Fiscal Year (FY)
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Ohio State to create mini-UTM system for drone traffic monitoring
The DriveOhio research programme (http://drive.ohio.gov/news/Ohio-Research-Project-Will-Monitor-Traffic-With-Unmanned-Aircraft/) has announced its 33 Smart Mobility Corridor participants will study the use of drones to monitor traffic and roadway conditions
Read moreRocketmine achieves BVLOS approval for drone operations in South Africa
Rocketmine (https://www.rocketmine.com/rocketmine-receives-bvlos-approval/) has received Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) approval for the flight of its commercial drones from the South African Civil Aviation Authority
Read moreSecurus selects AeroDefense C-UAS systems to secure Georgia State correctional facilities
Securus Technologies has selected AeroDefense systems’ AirWardenTM Radio-Frequency-based drone and pilot detection, location and alert system for deployment at its correctional facility customer sites. “Contraband delivery
Read moreMIT researchers develop “nano-sized drone navigation system”
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (http://news.mit.edu/2018/novel-chip-upgrade-helps-miniature-drones-navigate-0620) researchers, who last year designed a tiny computer chip tailored to help honeybee-sized drones navigate, have now shrunk their chip design
Read moreNATO seeks four C-UAS units with operator identification capability
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the procurement of commercially available and effective commercial
Read more“Just 100 drone flights a day in European controlled airspace by 2040” – new Eurocontrol study
The latest Challenges of Growth study (https://www.eurocontrol.int/press-releases/challenges-growth-report-now-released) published on 19 June by Eurocontrol says: “There will be many more unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or ‘drones’
Read moreEmbention adds transponder, obstacle avoidance to its UAS Veronte drone autopilot
Embention (https://www.embention.com/en/) reports it has added ADS-B and SSR transponder capabilities alongside a new obstacle avoidance algorithm to its family of Veronte drone autopilot systems.
Read moreEurosatory shows new generation of integrated, mobile C-UAS air defence technologies
This year’s Eurosatory exhibition (11-15 June) in Paris was notable not just for the proliferation of counter-UAS systems (C-UAS) but their growing complexity and integrated
Read moreFortem to join ING Robotic Aviation team BVLOS trials for Transport Canada
Numerous press reports say Fortem Technologies, Inc. has announced its participation in Transport Canada’s Proof-of-Concept Trials into Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) Operations. ING Robotic Aviation, named a
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