The information portal for unmanned air system traffic management (UTM) and counter-UAS (C-UAS) systems
The information portal for unmanned air system traffic management (UTM), urban air mobility (UAM), counter-UAS (C-UAS) and space traffic management systems
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
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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
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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
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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’
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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.
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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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The Japan Times (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/30/national/law-drone-assistants-scrapped-favor-remote-observation/#.WyK6lKinHIX) reports that a law requiring that a safety assistant be present during long-distance commercial drone operations will be scrapped, according to
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NASA’s remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully flew its first mission in the National Airspace System without
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A new congressionally mandated report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine suggests an overly conservative approach to safety risk assessments at the Federal Aviation
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Members of the European Parliament have approved an agreement reached between Council and Parliament negotiators in November 2017 on EU-wide principles for drones and drone
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