The Droniada autonomous drone flights competition for academic teams and their young programmers has recently been completed in Katowice, Poland. The event served as an
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“The UTM market should be open, competitive, where service providers just plug in and do their business” – Fanni Lukácsy, GUTMA
Fanni Lukácsy is the Secretary General of the Global UTM Association (GUTMA) How do you see the association developing over the next two to three years?
Read moreAmazon unveils fully autonomous delivery drone with AI, multi-sensor controls
It may be a little late into the game but Amazon’s new delivery drone – unveiled on June 5 at the re-Mars event in Las
Read moreMonaco’s UTM system goes operational from 17 June, 2019
On 3 June, the Directorate of Civil Aviation and AirSpace Drones presented a preview in Monaco of the FlySafe UTM programme. From June 17 the system
Read moreUSS Preble to be first US Navy destroyer equipped with counter-UAS laser
The Pearl Harbor-based USS Preble will be the first US destroyer to be equipped with the Lockheed Martin high-energy laser to counter surface craft and
Read moreFormer FCC chairman joins AirMap’s Board of Directors
AirMap has announced the appointment of Tom Wheeler, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to the company’s Board of Directors. “Tom’s experience in
Read moreFAA seeks industry partners to further drone integration safety work
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced it wishes to partner with qualified commercial companies who can match the agency’s USD6 million commitment to perform drone integration safety
Read moreFAA issues first permit to fly over people for commercial drone equipped with a parachute
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that it issued Hensel Phelps Construction Company of Washington, D.C., a Part 107 waiver on June 1 to operate a
Read more“I am 100% confident there is going to be a major revolution with VTOLs in this city” – Clem Newton-Brown of Melbourne’s Skyportz
By Michael Doran In the race to get the world’s first passenger-vehicle urban air mobility service into operation Uber Air is one of the leading
Read moreUS Air Force Unit seeks Dronebuster counter-UAS jammer or equivalent
The 377 MSG/PKB at Kirtland Air Force Base seeks sources to provide a single component specifically designed to produce radio frequency signals to deprive the
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