Deutsche Telekom and its technology partner Stratospheric Platforms Limited (SPL) has conducted the world’s first successful demonstration of LTE/4G voice and data connectivity over an autonomous
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Category: UAS traffic management news
UK Space Agency helps to fund air corridors for healthcare deliveries by drone
The UK plans to establish a network of secure air corridors for electric drones to navigate via satellite-enabled GPS. Healthcare drone company Apian is participating
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Kongsberg Geospatial supports development of mobile drone tracking command centre
Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based geospatial technology company, has announced that as part of its continued partnership with the new Area X.O test facility (formerly known
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“There will be a time when traditional traffic will yield to drone traffic” – FAA’s Jay Merkle
By Jenny Beechener US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Office Director Jay Merkle says today’s right of way rules will evolve
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Uber Elevate and GE Aviation team to enhance safety for next-generation ridesharing
Uber Elevate has selected GE Aviation’s Digital Group as an ecosystem partner for its aerial ridesharing programme. The initial phase of this programme will develop
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ICARUS project invites drone operators to participate in survey to identify users’ needs
The ICARUS project is defining a common altitude reference system for very low-level airspace users. Drone operators are invited to participate in a survey to
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Transport Canada approves BVLOS operations at CED Alma test range with MVT Geo-solutions and Iris Automation
Transport Canada has issued the second Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flights in uncontrolled airspace utilising infrastructure masking
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ANSI seeks user input in survey on use of the standardisation roadmap for UAS
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has issued a user survey to capture how companies, organizations, and agencies use the standardisation roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft
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Project GAUSS flights trial GNSS precision navigation for U-space drone operations
Project GAUSS recently performed the first flight campaigns aimed at assessing and strengthening the performance of European satellite navigation systems, Galileo and EGNOS, in drone
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European researchers start work to develop CONOPs for U-space separation management
A consortium comprising the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the University of Coimbra, the University of Rome La Sapienza, EUROCONTROL and Indra, is starting work to
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