By Chris Stonor Jim Banke, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, reports NASA’s aeronautical innovators are embracing a more inclusive vision for the future of air travel
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
How Poland built and introduced an operational, integrated national UTM/ATM system
One of world’s first national operational UAS traffic management/air traffic management (UTM/ATM) systems to coordinate drone flights in controlled airspace and to support drone pilots
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Researchers collect, publish drone radar signatures to identify security threats
The UK’s Institute for Mechanical Engineers reports that radar data from drone scans has been publicly released to help counter the privacy and security threats
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Altitude Angel and INVOLI announce strategic partnership
Altitude Angel and INVOLI are to form a strategic partnership. According to a press release: “Having worked successfully together on the Gulf of Finland trials
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“Intermittent cellular communications can still support complex drone operations” – GUTMA Connected Skies webinar
Intermittent communications based on mobile network operator (MNO) cellular networks can support highly automated UAS delivery operations, according to Reinaldo Negron, head of UTM at
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“US automated waiver procedures likely within two years for rural BVLOS” – Executive Director, ASSURE
Unmanned Airspace talks to Stephen P Luxion Col (ret) Executive Director of the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) about US
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EUROCAE publishes draft standards for UAS detect-and-avoid systems
European-based standards organisation EUROCAE has announced on social media the availability of Draft ED-275 Vol. II ” Minimum Operational Performance Standard (MOPS) for ACAS Xu
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“Mobile networks can support dynamic no-fly-zone command communications” – Vodafone
Telecoms company Vodafone has published its report into using a mobile phone network “for network-connected drones to automatically perform remedial action manoeuvres dictated by dynamically
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EASA publishes U-space opinion – “common information service provider cannot be a USSP”
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its U-space opinion containing a draft regulation. As anticipated, the agency has stuck to its original proposal
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VigilAir V2.0 “achieves C-UAS certification by the UK Center for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure (CPNI)”
The VigilAir C-UAS solution (Counter Unmanned Aerial System), from Vorpal Ltd., has been certified by the UK government’s Center for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure
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