Drone delivery company Skyports and low-cost airline developer Irelandia have formed a joint venture to bring drone deliveries to Colombia and wider Latin America (LATAM).
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Author: Jenny Beechener
UK Network Rail completes its first 25 km proof of concept BVLOS drone flight for inspection services
UK Network Rail’s air operations team have successfully flown a drone Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for 25 kilometres, starting in Bicester in a
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WATMC 2021: Final demo day tested multiple drone flights in live civil military airspace
On the final day of World ATM Congress 2021, a complex operation involving more than 10 unmanned flight operations was conducted at Madrid’s Cuatro Vientos
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FAA enhances LAANC with four-fold increase in grid references for drone operators
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is enhancing the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) to enable drone pilots to safely operate in even more
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US armed forces introduce counter drone training in the Middle East
The US Armed Forces are countering adversary unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the US Central Command (CENTCOM) area of operations with a rapidly evolving set
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Turkish firms develop kamikaze drone designed to neutralise drone-borne threats
A group of Turkish defense contractors is testing a kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that will be used to counter and neutralize other drone-borne threats,
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FAA selects industry and academic partners to test solutions to advance BVLOS operations
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has contracted Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), a Raytheon Technologies business, to advance Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLoS) operations
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WATMC 2021: Seeing “UTM as a concept, not a thing” will result in faster development of support services
By Jenny Beechener Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) relies on a robust regulatory framework, secure networks and reliable data according to panel experts discussing “The push
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WATMC 2021: “You will be able to catch a flying taxi in Paris by 2024, accompanied by a pilot” says expert panel
By Jenny Beechener Panellists agreed by 2024, unmanned aerial mobility will be a reality in “certain areas” based on trials commencing in multiple locations. Volocopter
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University of Zurich uses AI to train drones to avoid obstacles while flying at speed
A team from the University of Zurich has trained an artificial intelligence system to fly a drone in a virtual environment full of obstacles according
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