The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (http://news.mit.edu/2018/virtual-reality-testing-ground-drones-0517) has announced its engineers have developed a new virtual-reality training system for drones that enables a vehicle to
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Swedish researchers investigate complex urban UTM concepts
Linköping University (https://liu.se/en) , Sweden’s air navigation service provider LFV (http://www.lfv.se/en/start) and 3D drone mapping services company Spotscale (http://spotscale.com/) are working on a project to
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FAA adds four new no-fly-drone zones to list of protected military sites
At the request of the Department of Defense, and Federal security and law enforcement agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been using its existing authority
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Southend “becomes first UK airport to test drone detection system”
Multiple press reports say that London Southend Airport has become the first UK airport to carry out trials of a drone-surveillance system. At the start
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MyDefence announces new-version wearable UAS detection system
MyDefence is launching its third product in the WINGMAN series of wearable drone detection platforms, the WINGMAN 103, designed to meet the requirements of elite
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GUTMA Annual Conference will be a vital waypoint for the UTM industry
“We are at a defining moment for the industry,” says Benoit Curdy, Secretary General, Global UTM Association (GUTMA), “and the association’s annual conference will be
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Spanish RPAS community discusses U-Space and emergency services drone legislation
Around the world the number of exhibitions and conferences dedicated to remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) is on the rise. But two events, less
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The Integrated Pilot Program – great balance but some frustration
The decision as to which 10 programmes would be chosen as the US Department of Transportation’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) standard
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Commercial drone safety: what should the target level of safety and risk criteria be?
Integrating drone operations into standard civil airspace presents a number of challenges for this new class of operators. Civil aircraft regulations are written with the
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US transport secretary Elaine Chao announces Integration Pilot Program winners
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao has announced that the Department of Transportation has selected 10 state, local and tribal governments as participants in
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