Global UAV Technologies Ltd has announced its survey division, Pioneer Aerial Surveys has received authorization from Transport Canada to conduct night UAV operations in every
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Drone trials to use 4.5G mobile telecoms network in Singapore
The Straits Times has reported Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and telecommunications company M1 are using the M1’s 4.5G heterogeneous network (HetNet) to fly drones, instead
Read moreRakuten AirMap brings LAANC technologies to Chiba City, Japan
Rakuten AirMap has announced the launch of the AirMap platform in Japan, including a solution for airspace management and authorization. AirMap’s Airspace Management Dashboard, developer
Read moreNLR and partners to trial BVLOS flights from Groningen Airport Elde
Six representatives of government, business and knowledge institutions – including NLR – signed an agreement at Groningen Airport Eelde last week to perform beyond visual
Read moreKittyhawk launches drone flight pre-sets for FAA compliance
Kittyhawk (https://blog.kittyhawk.io/kittyhawk-launches-intelligent-flight-profiles-to-enterprise-suite-of-drone-operations-solution-2b65519d3b) has announced the launch of its Flight Profiles function, a set of “common-sense” presets to help further reduce risk and empower drone operator
Read moreTerra Drone and KDDI trial autonomous BVLOS mobile-telecom based operations
Terra Drone, a Japanese industrial drone service provider, and KDDI Corporation, a Japanese telecommunications operator have succeeded in a fully autonomous flight experiment of “Smart Drone”
Read moreANSI launches industry call to help develop standards for UTM roadmap
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has issued a call for participants for its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative (UASSC). The announcement follows the UASSC’s kick-off meeting held September
Read moreSpecial report: Europe’s EUR4 billion UTM development and standards programme
The European Union’s (EU) UAS traffic management (UTM) programme will deliver around EUR123 billion in benefits, cost EUR 4.095 billion to create and take until
Read more“FAA must limit recreational drone use to line of sight” – ALPA
Captain Tim Canoll, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), issued the following statement regarding this week’s findings from a Federal Aviation Administration
Read moreEuropean Parliament, Council agree EU rules for drone design and safety
The first ever EU-wide rules for the civil use of drones were agreed by the European Parliament and European Council negotiators on Thursday morning, says
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