German aerospace research centre, DLR, is part of the 2018 City-ATM project which runs until the end of 2021. In Autumn 2020, City-ATM flights tests
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Author: Jenny Beechener
Latvia completes remote drone deliveries using mobile network
A joint effort by Latvian Mobile Telephone (LMT), SPH Engineering and DPD Latvija completed a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight using the mobile
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Skyward and UPS announce plans to test 5G ultra wideband, launch connected drone delivery at CES 2021
Skyward, a Verizon company, and UPS Flight Forward have announced collaborative efforts to deliver retail products with drones connected to Verizon 4G LTE, as well
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EUROCAE seeks participants to develop standards for testing UAS ground segment equipment
European standards agency Eurocae has issued a call for participants to WG-14 to work on “recommended practices for testing of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) ground
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Scottish drone port receives GBP5.6 million government grant to establish offshore trial airspace
The UK and Scottish governments announced GBP5.6 million investment in mid-December to support development of Scotland’s first trial drone airspace, called Montrose Drone Port. The
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Dubai-based Cusp Technologies uses magnetic beams to counter hostile drones
Dubai-based Cusp Technologies has developed a new application based on magnetic beams with capability to repel hostile drone attacks according to a report by UAS
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Pentagon releases new strategy for countering small unmanned aerial systems
US Department of Defense (DoD) has released a new document, the Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Strategy describing its strategy for small UAS. Introducing the new
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Standards bodies ASTM and RTCA collaborate on ‘ACAS sXu’ detect and avoid capability for drones
Global standards organisation ASTM International and RTCA have announced a collaboration that allows for the joint development of consensus standards for smaller unmanned aircraft systems
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Dutch research centre provides urban setting to test autonomous drones as part of ‘Flying Forward 2020’
The High Tech Campus in Eindhoven has announced the start of tests using autonomous drones. The campus is participating in the three-year research project ‘Flying
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New members appointed to the US drone advisory committee
The US Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L Chao has announced new appointments to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). The DAC
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