The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) budget request for fiscal year 2022 includes over USD100 million in funding for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) sector,
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
US UTM company “Kittyhawk” rebrands as “Aloft Technologies Inc”
UTM company Kittyhawk has been renamed to Aloft Technologies, Inc. According to a 2 June 2021 press release: “Today, Aloft is the largest UTM network
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The tough task for European U-space providers: balancing compliance with competition – GUTMA webinar
By Jenny Beechener Just 18 months remain before European regulation (EU) 2021/664 comes into force, setting minimum operating requirements for safe unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
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CIVATAglobal white paper sets out steps for local authorities to develop scalable UAM services
The global Civic Air Transport Association (CIVATAglobal) has developed a framework for local authorities around the world which can be used as a starting point
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Poland announces USD200 million-plus investment in U-space and related services
The Polish government will allocate over PLN 740 million (USD 201 million) to the development of U-space and related drone services, according to the Polish
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The FAA’s Space Data Integrator is a ‘game-changer’ for integration of commercial space vehicles in US airspace
By Jenny Beechener The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) begins site testing a new Space Data Integrator (SDI) this month, following five years’ development by
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“We strongly believe that the Skyarc platform will be the common digital UTM platform by Russia’s ANSP”
Alexey Khripunov is Chief Executive Officer of Skyarc, a Russian UAS traffic management (UTM) company implementing its system in the airspace above St Petersburg Can
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New C-UAS capabilities delivered to the US Air Force Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar
The US Air Force magazine reports the US Air Force’s key operating base in the Middle East has adopted a new counter-drone system, first deployed
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Silent Sentinel, SKYLOCK link to provide East African government customer with mobile C-UAS capability
UK threat detection specialist Silent Sentinel has signed a contract with counter-UAS (C-UAS) solution provider SKYLOCK to provide swift delivery of its Jaegar Ranger 225
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The top four reasons for Mobile Network Operators to invest now in drone projects
Eszter Kovacs is founder and CEO of Manageld and DroneTalks Integrating drones into airspace can be difficult. Still, it can provide a huge business opportunity to
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