The Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Battle Management Directorate, Force Protection Systems Division, Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Branch AFLCMC/HBUC, Hanscom
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
North Dakota “to issue USD28 million tender for state-wide UTM system”
The US Government Technology journal reports that the North Dakota Legislature has passed a bill this year “infusing USD33 million into Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS),
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Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked Abha International Airport in the southern Saudi province of ‘Asir on June 14, the second time in a week the
Read moreCS Group and Air Space Drone launch UTM partnership
CS Group has announced a strategic partnership with Air Space Drone (ASD), a French start-up specialising in unmanned air traffic management (UTM) at low altitude,
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By Philip Butterworth-Hayes and Beth Stevenson On 10 June a helicopter crashed in flames onto the roof of an office building on Seventh Avenue in New York,
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Read moreHow UK government and airports responded to Gatwick drone chaos
By Jenny Beechener Gatwick Airport Ltd and the UK government’s response to the December 2018 drone sightings has been twofold: the setting up of a
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The third Uber Air market city – after Los Angeles and Dallas and the first outside the USA – has been nominated as Melbourne, Australia.
Read more“US Government needs to take urgent action on drone rules” – Small UAV Coalition
The US Small UAV Coalition has issued a press release encouraging “the United States government to immediately take action to prevent falling further behind other
Read moreChess Dynamics launches automated, customised airport C-UAS defence system
The UK’s Chess Dynamics has developed an automated drone protection systems specifically for use at airports. Based on the military Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) AUDS,
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