China Money Network (https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/2018/03/28/sf-express-use-drones-delivery-chinas-remote-regions) reports that SF Express, one of China’s biggest express delivery companies, has announced its subsidiary Jiangxi Fengyu Shuntu Technology Co. Ltd.
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Thales to work with NASA on UTM research
Thales has announced it has reached formal agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a Space Act Agreement to support their unmanned
Read moreAir New Zealand wants tougher drone violation penalties after near miss
Pilots operating Air New Zealand flight NZ092 from Haneda, Tokyo encountered a drone estimated to be just five metres away from the 777-200 aircraft during its descent
Read moreNASA Ames reposts request for UTM research partners
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) has reposted its request (https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=34469d19af9f5745ea2cb4bf2e0145eb&tab=core&_cview=0) to identify US-based public, private, and academic organizations to collaborate with NASA to conduct Unmanned
Read moreNevada Institute for Autonomous Systems tests FAA UTM platform for BVLOS operations
The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS), which manages the Nevada UAS Test Sites, and its NASA Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) partners has flown multiple
Read moreMaynooth University receives EUR6 million to fund UTM research
Ireland’s Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan TD has announced funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) of EUR 1.8
Read moreNew Congress Act aims to allow US federal agencies to shoot down drones
Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) has introduced H.R. 5366, the Safeguarding America’s Skies Act, which would allow the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security
Read moreJapanese companies test “multiple autonomous drones controlled via 4G LTE network” – sUAS News
The news service sUAS News (https://www.suasnews.com/2018/03/nedo-kddi-terra-drone-secom-succeed-worlds-first-wide-area-security-multiple-autonomous-flying-drones-using-4g-lte/?mc_cid=57131e530a&mc_eid=d7818dfe0a) reports that NEDO (The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization), KDDI (a telecommunications operator), Terra Drone (a Japanese
Read moreNew York senate bans drones flying 1,000ft from prisons
The New York State Senate has passed a bill to ban civilian drone use within 1,000 feet of a correctional facility—a measure that’s seen as
Read moreFirst responders “given FAA approval to fly drones at Dallas Fort Worth airport”
Channel 8 News from Dallas, Texas reports that first responders have received special approval from the federal government to operate drones directly over DFW airport.
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