UTM platform provider Unifly has announced a number of senior executives have accepted positions on the Advisory board of the company.. John Walker is Senior Partner
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Kongsberg provides Arctic UAV operator with BVLOS situational awareness
Kongsberg Geospatial and Arctic UAV, a provider of UAS in the Canadian Arctic, have announced that the Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UAS situational awareness application has
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Airbus “successfully tests manned and unmanned aircraft interoperability”
Airbus Helicopters and Schiebel have tested Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) capabilities between an H145 platform and a CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS), becoming the first
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Saudi Arabia announces UAS flight restrictions following Riyadh palace drone incursion
Multiple news reports say Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry has declared that all drone operators must obtain permission from the police to fly their drones following
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DeTect installs drone surveillance radar for BVLOS operations in Spain
DeTect, Inc. (www.detect-inc.com) has announced that it has completed commissioning a HARRIER Ground Based Sense-and-Avoid (GBSAA) radar at the Rozas Aerodrome in Lugo, Spain. The
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French government outlines proposals for drone e-identification and lights
The French Ministry of the Interior has outlined proposals (http://newsletter.ffam.asso.fr/nwlt/fichiers/projet-arrete-signalement.pdf) for the equipping of electronic identification beacons and lights for all drones weighing 800g or
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uAvionix “successfully tests remote NASA TCL3 UTM identification system”
uAvionix Corporation has said it has successfully completed testing and demonstration of the DroneAware™ uAvionix UAS Remote Identification solution for NASA’s Technical Capability Level 3
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Xcel Energy “receives FAA approval for BVLOS drone utility flights this summer”
Xcel Energy says it will be the first utility in the USA to routinely fly unmanned aircraft beyond the operator’s line of sight when it
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Drone airspace simulations reveal complexities of integration in unsegregated operations
Remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) will one day be able to operate in controlled airspace alongside piloted aircraft – but it will take many hours
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China introduces new rules for commercial drone operators from June
Multiple Chinese media outlets report that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has announced that new rules for commercial drone operators will take effect
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