Echodyne reports it has received a commodity jurisdiction (CJ) determination from the US State Department for its EchoFlight radar. “The CJ determination classifies the EchoFlight radar
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Israel “announces draft drone registration rules”
The Center for the Study of the Drone, Bard College and Israeli news service Globes report that the Israel Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) has published
Read moreUS Department of Defense awards DRS USD74.8 million counter-UAS contract
The US Department of Defense has announced it has awarded DRS Sustainment Systems Inc., St. Louis, Missouri a $74,864,274 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for rapid development, production,
Read moreFAA extends deadline for UAS remote identification RFI
The FAA has extended the deadline for its request for information for UAS remote identification (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/uas-traffic-management-tenders/faa-announces-rfi-remote-identification-industry-partners/) from 4 February to 19 February. “The FAA is
Read moreNUAIR Alliance tests impact of weather on drone performance
Windshape, a Switzerland based company, in partnership with the New York State UAS Test Site, TruWeather Solutions and the NUAIR Alliance, used industry-leading micro-weather stimulations
Read moreMobile phone network and multi-link drone tracking performance compared
Researchers from Smart Robotic Systems GmbH, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Berlin, have released a research paper into performance comparisons of two
Read moreFinland’s UTM concept sees over-arching role for ANSPs
ANS Finland, Finland’s air navigation service provider, outlined its vision of a national UTM system at the second meeting of the U-Space Network of Demonstrators,
Read moreEASA to publish high level U-space draft regulations by the end of the year
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) plans to have its first, draft high level regulations covering U-space operations published by the end of 2019, according
Read moreBAE Systems “to integrate GA-ASI Protector RG1 in UK-controlled airspace”
Jane’s reports that BAE Systems is to help integrate the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) Protector RG1 medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) into UK-controlled airspace.
Read moreParis CDG airport to deploy AI/holographic radar based C-UAS in May
Les Echos reports that in May 2019 Paris/Charles de Gaulle airport will deploy a new counter-UAS system (C-UAS) developed by Thales and the Directorate of
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