An interview with Don Thoma, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Aireon How can space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) support drone operations? This will be driven by
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Simlat develops simulator for safety agencies to visualise and manage rogue drone incidents
By Arie Egozi Israel’s Simlat, a manufacturer of aviation simulators, has developed the Polaris specialist simulator to help drone operators and regulatory bodies simulate drone
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Amsterdam Drone Week Asia Pacific leads air taxi development but “unmanned air vehicles need to be safer”
Asia’s ability to make things happen to a timetable stems from close coordination at government level, said Duncan Walker CEO of Skyports, “It sounds simple,
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Amsterdam Drone Week: Closing the gaps between operators, regulators and governments
“We must consider the commercial pace – it will need a lot of capital to create jobs and commercial opportunities and without clarity on the
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Amsterdam Drone Week: NLR develops platform to assess counter-UAS solutions
The Netherlands research agency NLR presented a new visualisation platform to support the development of counter drone measures at Amsterdam Drone Week. Christian Muller said
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NUAIR “successfully completes FAA UPP2 remote ID, DAA, public safety drone tests”
The New York UAS Test Site at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York has completed phase two of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unmanned
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Amsterdam Drone Week: “U-space services require economic and technical stakeholder involvement”
By Jenny Beechener As well as U-space technology, the industry needs “to think about the economic enablers,” said AirMap’s Sebastian Babiarz during the Hamonised Skies
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Dedrone, Vodafone and Amazon Web Services develop 4G/5G counter-UAS system
Dedrone, Vodafone and Amazon Web Services have announced a partnership to provide airspace security for critical infrastructure. Sites of critical importance, including airports, stadiums, correctional
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Amsterdam Drone Week: “EU U-space regulations targeted for 2022, air taxis 2023”
By Jenny Beechener and Philip Butterworth-Hayes Discussions with member states on the European Union draft U-space regulation are going well and should be finalised by
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Amsterdam Drone Week: Amsterdam develops AI-based inner-city urban drone test centre
Less than a year after the Amsterdam Drone Lab launched, the inner-city test ground located in the city’s naval dockyard, is providing a ‘living laboratory’
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