The US State of Michigan’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force (UASTF) has released a report of recommendations it presented to Governor Rick Snyder and to
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Commercial UTM system “goes live in South Korea”
sUAS News (https://www.suasnews.com/) reports that Terra Drone Co Ltd, a Japanese commercial drone service company, has launched a commercialized UAS traffic management (UTM) system in
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Flight Safety Foundation logs 3,700 drone near-miss incidents
The drone section of the Aviation Safety Network ASN Drone Database, an exclusive service of the Flight Safety Foundation (www.flightsafety.org), now contains over 3,700 reports
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UK to set up drone registration system and launch integration programme with cities
The UK government is to set up a drone registration system, give police new powers to prevent the unsafe or criminal use of drones and
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EHang “developing two-seat drone taxi”
The UK’s Daily Star newspaper reports that China’s EHang is developing a two-seat autonomous 100kmh drone taxi for mass production in 2018 – and is
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ASTM International starts work on BVLOS drone delivery standards
ASTM International’s committee on unmanned aircraft systems (F38) has held a meeting at Virginia Tech that included significant progress in standards development and live demonstrations.
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Droptec to expand market for Dropster counter-UAS hand gun
Droptec will be launching its counter-UAS Dropster net launcher – aimed at prisons, police and security forces – to the UK market at UK Security
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Malaysia “plans drone registration fees – but just for commercial operators”
The MalayMail online reports that the Department of Civil Aviation Director-General Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abd Rahman has said any person in charge of a drone
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Turkey’s postal service “to begin drone deliveries within a year”
Turkey’s Daily Sabah newspaper reports that the national post and telegraph corporation is preparing to begin deliveries by drone within next year. According to Kenan
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“The benefits of technology are proven” – Gretchen West, Hogan Lovells
What’s the best way of ensuring all stakeholder views are represented in the development of a UTM system? Since its inception, the Unmanned Aircraft Traffic
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