Spain’s unmanned aviation sector received a boost on 19 March 2018 when the new 2018-2021 National Strategic Plan was presented for the development of civil
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Trump administration “seeks new laws to track, reroute or destroy drones”
The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration is asking Congress to give the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice the power to track, reroute
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Special report – Brazil’s DECEA to integrate drone management within its ATM system
The Department of Airspace Control (DECEA) is soon to implement new UAS traffic management (UTM) concepts based on the organization’s remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS)
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“Hobbyist and model aircraft should be FAA regulated” – Commercial Drone Alliance
The Commercial Drone Alliance, an independent 501c6 non-profit commercial drone industry organization, has called on Congress to repeal Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and
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Thales to launch big data-based UTM system this summer
Thales is due to launch its big-data UAS traffic management system (UTM) in late June or early July. The new UTM product – part of
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How ATM data exchange technologies can be used for UTM
Could you please provide some statistics about the increase in data caused by the growth in number of drones? Bart Adams: Aerial mapping: now one
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FAA seeks additional partners to the LAANC programme
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is looking for additional suppliers to provide Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) capabilities. In October 2017, the
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New senseFly flight planning software shows live traffic data
senseFly’s latest drone flight planning and management release eMotion 3.5 (https://www.sensefly.com/2018/03/27/sensefly-takes-drone-flight-planning-management-next-level-release-emotion-3-5/) now supports uAvionix’s PingUSB ADS-B*/UAT receiver, allowing senseFly operators to view live air traffic data
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European Maritime Safety Agency requires BRLOS SATCOM link for surveillance UAS
The European Maritime Safety Agency via the European Union’s Tenders Electronic Daily service (http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:141505-2018:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0) The objective of this call for tender is to contract SATCOM
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SRC awarded USD57 million C-UAS contract from US Air Force
The US government’s FedBizzOpps.gov website (https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=5d178801c0deecd388d59ff592c641e6&tab=core&_cview=0) has announced SRC Inc, manufacturer of the Silent Archer counter-UAS system, has won a contract worth USD57 million for
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