The FAA has deployed the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability(LAANC) for drone operators at several air traffic facilities in an evaluation to see how well the prototype
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Precision Hawk and DJI want local authority partners for drone integration programme
Precision Hawk and DJI are separately seeking partners among State, local and tribal governments to take part in innovation zones as part of the recently-announced
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Maltese consortium develops drone sense and avoid system
The Times of Malta reports that Hawk Aerospace has developed a sense and avoid system for drones. The newspaper reports a team comprising Hawk, Idox
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FAA study shows cities and counties want to set and enforce their own drone rules
US local government officials would like to be able to set local restrictions as needed and, along with law enforcement colleagues, they expect to be
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ICAO to develop prototype global drone registration system by mid December
ICAO will have the first proposals for its drone registry datasets ready for scrutiny at the second Global Air Navigation Industry Symposium (GANIS/2), 11-15 December 2017 in
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New smartphone app immediately quantifies risk of drone flights
UK technology start-up Flock (flockcover.com) is due to imminently launch a smart phone app which immediately quantifies the risk of their drone flight. The app
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One UTM challenge – drone operators measure height differently
UAS operators use different ways of measuring the altitude of their vehicles above ground and many platforms do not operate reliably at the upper flight
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China’s car-lifting transport drone takes to the skies
CGTN (https://america.cgtn.com/2017/11/13/china-first-cargo-drone-uav) reports that the Chinese Academy of Sciences cargo-lifting AT200 drone – capable of transporting a small car – has begun flight tests in
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AirMap flight data integrated in autonomous Kesprey drone operations
AirMap and Kespry have announced a partnership that brings AirMap’s airspace intelligence, including airspace advisories, wind, and weather, to Kespry’s automated UAV drone operations. Kespry
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Drone hits Aerolineas Argentinas Boeing 737 – no casualties
An Aerolineas Argentinas Boeing 737-800, flying from Trelew, northeastern Patagonia, was struck by a drone during its final landing approach to Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
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