UAS operators use different ways of measuring the altitude of their vehicles above ground and many platforms do not operate reliably at the upper flight
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Florida airport installs dual-use bird and drone detecting radar
Northwest Florida Beaches has installed a dual function MERLIN™ Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar and DroneWatcher™ DSR detection and defence system. According to a press statement the
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China’s car-lifting transport drone takes to the skies
CGTN (https://america.cgtn.com/2017/11/13/china-first-cargo-drone-uav) reports that the Chinese Academy of Sciences cargo-lifting AT200 drone – capable of transporting a small car – has begun flight tests in
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AirMap flight data integrated in autonomous Kesprey drone operations
AirMap and Kespry have announced a partnership that brings AirMap’s airspace intelligence, including airspace advisories, wind, and weather, to Kespry’s automated UAV drone operations. Kespry
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Some ANSPs “are missing out on the opportunities presented by UTM” – Richard Parker of Altitude Angel
How far do you think the recently announced US Drone Integration Pilot Program will improve our understanding of what the different roles will be for
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Drone hits Aerolineas Argentinas Boeing 737 – no casualties
An Aerolineas Argentinas Boeing 737-800, flying from Trelew, northeastern Patagonia, was struck by a drone during its final landing approach to Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
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Flyte adds US section charts to its Drone Deploy app
Flyte (https://www.flyte.ie/) has announced the launch of a new version of its Flyte “Lite” App V2. A year ago DroneDeploy launched the drone industry’s first app
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US drone registration system likely to make a come-back
The latest iteration of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 has been agreed in Washington with the likely consequence that drone operators with drones
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NUAIR seeks industry partners for second stage New York state UTM trial
UAV Vision publication reports that the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) Alliance has announced the opening of the evaluation and selection process of vendor(s) for
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US Navy “requests USD37.2 million for counter UAS systems”
Inside Defense (https://insidedefense.com/) reports that the US Navy in its fiscal year 2018 supplemental request has included a sum of USD37.2 million in wartime funding
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