Iris Automation, a provider of collision avoidance for commercial drones, has announced a USD8 million Series A financing round to fund a new generation of
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Orbital demonstrates options for short-range counter-UAS requirements
Orbital ATK reports it has recently participated in the Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment (MFIX) at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. The event allowed soldiers to use counter-unmanned
Read moreFrench drone council outlines UTM priorities – urban parcel deliveries are not among them
France’s civil aviation authority the Directorate General for Civil Aviation is hoping to authorise its first long-range drone operations by the end of the year,
Read moreDrone airspace infringements fall in the Netherlands
The number of fines for illegal use of drones in the Netherlands has fallen from a peak in 2016, according to Rob van Nieuwland of
Read moreBoeing builds, flies scaled version of a cargo drone
Boeing (http://www.boeing.com/features/2018/01/cargo-air-vehicle-01-18.page) has announced its Horizon X team has completed initial flight tests of an electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) unmanned cargo aerial vehicle (CAV) prototype. When
Read moreMore than one million drones now registered in the USA
US Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced at the Consumer Electronics Show that the total number of drones now registered with the Federal
Read moreBell exhibits electric/hybrid urban air taxi cabin at CES
One of the surprise exhibits at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been Bell Helicopter’s electric helicopter cabin. The full version of the
Read moreEuropean drone operators! What should be the priorities of a European UTM system?
The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) and partners are developing a concept of operations for a European UAS traffic management system and are asking drone operators for
Read moreInsitu demonstrates airspace situational awareness for BVLOS drone flights
Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has announced the completion of a flight demonstration for its ground-based Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) airspace situational
Read moreKittyhawk launches automated flight programme with unlimited waypoints
Commercial drone operations software company Kittyhawk, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas announced it is adding an automated flight programme to its Flight
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