Japanese drone technology company Aeronext is opening a research and development base and test airfield for delivery drones in Kosuge Village. The village has problems
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Altitude Angel secures GBP4 million funding from Octopus Venture for UTM development and deployment
Altitude Angel reports GBP4 million (USD5.3 million) investment by Octopus Ventures, bringing the total invested in the UK company by Octopus and Seraphim Capital in
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Medical drone delivery market value forecast to reach close to US1 billion by 2027 says Polaris report
The global medical drones market is expected to reach USD 947.6 million by 2027 according to a new study by Polaris Market Research. The report Medical
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FAA publishes remote ID, flights-over-people rules – achieves broad industry support
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has today announced final rules for drones covering Remote Identification (Remote ID) and flights over people and at night
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Major drone/air taxi investor expects first commercial UAM services in 2026
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The global drone economy will grow from US15 billion to USD 90 billion by 2030, according to a new White Paper “The
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DroneShield demonstrates counter small-UAS technology to support US Army exercise
Counter drone company DroneShield reports successful demonstration of its DroneSentry, DroneSentry-X, RfPatrol, and DroneGun solutions at a recent US Army Defense in Depth Exercise (DiDEX
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Pierce wins contract to provide US defence department with remote ID services
Pierce Aerospace and the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Research Computing announced that the US Air Force has awarded them an Agility Prime contract
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“Congress recognizes importance of detect and avoid for drone integration” – Iris Automation
Iris Automation, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), and the Helicopter Association International (HAI) applaud the US Congress for its continued support for the
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Russia’s nationwide UTM system passes technical design milestone
The technical design stage of Russia’s national UAS traffic management (UTM) system RUTM 1 was completed on December 21, 2020, according to programme officials. “The
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Belgium’s drone service application supports integrated drone operations in line with new European regulations
Belgium air navigation service provider skeyes and its subsidiary SkeyDrone have drafted a new concept of operations for the handling of drones by skeyes air
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