On 20 and 21 May NASA entered the final stage of testing its NASA UTM platform as part of the Technical Capability Level (TCL) 4
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European Commission replaces national drone rules with EU law
On 24 May the European Commission adopted European Union rules “to ensure increasing drone traffic across Europe is safe and secure for people on the
Read moreAltitude Angel to provide geospatial data to new Dronecloud operator platform
UK UTM company Altitude Angel has today announced it is to become the geodata supplier to drone operations management platform Dronecloud. Altitude Angel’s GuardianUTM airspace
Read moreFAA adds LAANC drone flight authorisation programme to contract towers and airports
Starting from 23 May more than 100 control towers and airports will be added to the hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic facilities and airports that currently
Read moreSkyports, Volocopter to build first mobile air taxi hub in Singapore later this year
Skyports and Volocopter have announced a cooperation to build the first mobile Volo-Port – a landing pads for eVTOL (electric take-off and landing) air txis.
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DJI to add ADS-B to drones over 250 grams from 2020
DJI has announced that it is committed to installing AirSense technology that receives ADS-B signals from nearby airplanes and helicopters into every DJI drone over
Read moreNext U-Space network workshop will be held on 9 July at Eurocontrol
Organised by the European Commission and supported by Eurocontrol, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU), the third U-Space network workshop
Read moreEmbry-Riddle University “develops, commercialises neural-network counter-UAS system”
A new counter UAS system that detects and commandeers unauthorized drones, guiding them to land safely, will be commercialized under a licensing agreement between Embry-Riddle
Read moreDynetics awarded USD130 million DoD contract to provide 100kW air defence laser
Dynetics, along with its partners, has been awarded a USD130 million contract to build and test the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces
Read moreUK CAA brings together UTM, UAM and advanced ATM companies to research future regulations
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has launched a new research initiative to bring together urban air mobility, UTM and ATM companies to work together to
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