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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Category: UAS traffic management news
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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Flyte adds US section charts to its Drone Deploy app
Flyte (https://www.flyte.ie/) has announced the launch of a new version of its Flyte “Lite” App V2. A year ago DroneDeploy launched the drone industry’s first app
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US drone registration system likely to make a come-back
The latest iteration of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 has been agreed in Washington with the likely consequence that drone operators with drones
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South Korea “to launch parcel delivery, night-time flights”
The Korea Herald (http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171109000712) reports that the use of drones will be permitted for night-time broadcasting and parcel deliveries in remote island areas, as part
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Uber and NASA link to create flying urban taxi services
Uber is taking part in a joint industry and government push with NASA to develop software to manage “flying taxi” routes, reports Reuters. According to
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DJI launches drone-fleet centralised flight management
DJI has launched its FlightHub web-based application, a centralised drone fleet flight management centre. “As commercial use of drone technology increases each day, businesses need
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NASA adds urban air mobility to its strategic research plan
NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) has updated its strategic implementation plan to include research into Urban Air Mobility, or UAM. According to the agency:
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