By Chris Stonor This week, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has begun the process of seeking views from members of the public as part of a
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
US Department of Homeland Security awards Echodyne USD20 million border surveillance contract
Echodyne, the counter-UAS radar platform company, announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Innovation Team has awarded
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General Atomics and Boeing given US Army contract to develop 300kW laser
A General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing team has been awarded a U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) contract to develop
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Embry-Riddle research aims to extend BVLOS operations through new redundant flight control system
Research currently being conducted at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s College of Aviation could play a major role in expanding restrictions on small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), or drones,
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German researchers announce “successful trial of air taxi flight integration procedures within current airspace designs”
As part of the SkyCab II research project, Droniq GmbH and DFS Aviation Services (DAS), together with SkyCab partner Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL) and Germandrones, have
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Dedrone “adds three new US federal agency customers in 2021”
Dedrone has announced its ninth US federal customer, with three new federal agencies joining in September 2021. In September 2020, Dedrone announced a strategic partnership
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WATMC 2021: GUTMA shows timeline of global UTM regulatory implementation
A comparison graphic shown at the World ATM Global Congress earlier today by Koen De Vos, Secretary General of the Global UTM Association (GUTMA) shows
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Volcopter and infrastructure/UTM partners “to bring eVTOL operations to Italy by 2024”
Volocopter, Atlantia, Aeroporti di Roma, the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) and ENAV, Italy’s air navigation service provider have announced a partnership to bring urban
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WATMC 2021: Altitude Angel extends Inmarsat partnership with Velaris BVLOS connectivity services
Altitude Angel and Inmarsat have announced that Altitude Angel is confirmed as the first member of a new partnership network for Inmarsat’s Velaris connectivity solution. According to
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Indian government publishes policy framework for introducing UTM
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation has published an important high-level UTM roadmap in which stakeholder roles are defined and the next steps for UTM implementation
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