As part of the UK Government’s ‘Future Flight Challenge’ – which will see up to UK125million investment to demonstrate a fully integrated aviation system in
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Eurosatory 2022: Nexter outlines next generation C-UAS gun capabilities
Numerous news services report that Nexter presented its ARX 30 and RAPIDFire (a programme with Thales) C-UAV systems at Eurostory equipped with medium-calibre guns, offering surface-to-surface
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US Representatives pass Act to accelerate urban air mobility infrastructure funding
The US House of Representatives has passed the Advanced Aviation Infrastructure Modernization (AAIM) Act which will, when it becomes law provide USD 25 million in grants for
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“Switzerland is the world’s most advanced UTM State” – new country-ranking guide from Unmanned Airspace
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Which countries will lead the race to deploy a UTM/U-space network which will allow the drone industry to scale up to become
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“CILAS C-UAS HELMA-P laser planned for deployment at 2024 Olympic Games
According to a YouTube video from France’s Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) and a Linkedin post from C-UAS expert Tiago M. Lança, the DGA has
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Eurosatory 2022: Leonardo launches Tactical Multi Mission Radar C-UAS
Leonardo has launched its Tactical Multi Mission Radar C-band AESA radar, designed to detect, classify and track small and high manoeuvring targets. According to the company: “TMMR
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Canada’s RTM/UTM system one year on: “70% of drone flight requests automatically approved”
About 70% of drone flight requests are now automatically approved by NAV CANADA’s ‘NAV Drone’ application, part of its national RPAS Traffic Management (RTM) platform
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China “to accelerate low altitude economy of long distance cargo drones and urban eVTOLs”
The Sohu News Service reports that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has published its “14th Five-Year Plan for General Aviation Development” which contains
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Next wave of GOF.2 drone flights under way to test urban U-space operations
The next wave of drone flights within the GOF 2.0 Integrated Urban Airspace very large demonstration (VLD) started in Helsinki, Finland, on 14 June and
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Eurosatory 2022: IAI launches GREEN LOTUS integrated, automated air defence, C-UAS and C-RAM system
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has launched its latest tactical multi-mission, multi-sensor system: the GREEN LOTUS (ELI-2139). “Designed to provide high performance Counter-Rocket, Artillery & Mortar
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