Digital Trends magazine (https://www.digitaltrends.com) reports that Amazon is researching an innovative system that would cause a drone to disintegrate in flight if the platform ran
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FAA research shows drones more lethal than birds in mid-air collisions
A research team from the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) has released a report (http://www.assureuas.org/projects/deliverables/sUASAirborneCollisionReport.php) that concludes that drones that
Read moreMercedes Zurich drone delivery programme reaches 100 flights
Mercedes-Benz Vans, US drone systems developer Matternet and Swiss online marketplace siroop have completed 100 flights of their pilot project in Zurich to test an efficient van
Read moreMichigan State proposes developing its own UTM system
The US State of Michigan’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force (UASTF) has released a report of recommendations it presented to Governor Rick Snyder and to
Read moreCommercial UTM system “goes live in South Korea”
sUAS News (https://www.suasnews.com/) reports that Terra Drone Co Ltd, a Japanese commercial drone service company, has launched a commercialized UAS traffic management (UTM) system in
Read moreFlight Safety Foundation logs 3,700 drone near-miss incidents
The drone section of the Aviation Safety Network ASN Drone Database, an exclusive service of the Flight Safety Foundation (www.flightsafety.org), now contains over 3,700 reports
Read moreUK to set up drone registration system and launch integration programme with cities
The UK government is to set up a drone registration system, give police new powers to prevent the unsafe or criminal use of drones and
Read moreEHang “developing two-seat drone taxi”
The UK’s Daily Star newspaper reports that China’s EHang is developing a two-seat autonomous 100kmh drone taxi for mass production in 2018 – and is
Read moreASTM International starts work on BVLOS drone delivery standards
ASTM International’s committee on unmanned aircraft systems (F38) has held a meeting at Virginia Tech that included significant progress in standards development and live demonstrations.
Read moreMalaysia “plans drone registration fees – but just for commercial operators”
The MalayMail online reports that the Department of Civil Aviation Director-General Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abd Rahman has said any person in charge of a drone
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