New regulations for professional and hobbyist drone operators have been highlighted at the UNC Conference in Fornebu, Norway, with individual presentations and reports from the
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Dedrone “is now the sole producer of the DroneDefender C-UAS”
Dedrone has announced it is now the sole producer of the DroneDefender counter-UAS system and has set up a new company to market its portfolio
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FAA adds four new airports and seven industry partners to its LAANC programme
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced two important expansions of the Low Altitude Authorization and Capability (LAANC) programme, which automates the application and approval process for
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GUTMA to hold next “Connected Skies” event in Barcelona, 26 February 2020
The Global UTM Association’s (GUTMA) next “Connected Skies” conference will take place on 26 February in Barcelona, Spain. According to the association: “Following the success
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Whitefox and partners demonstrate drone remote ID at DroneEnable3 event
California-based drone security company WhiteFox reports its drone and operator identification system was demonstrated by drone manufacturer during the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization
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D-Fend reports its C-UAS system operational with more than 20 US government units
Counter-UAS (C-UAS) company D-Fend Solutions has been working with the US Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC) Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office
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New Austrian consortium formed to supply ANSP with automatic drone flight risk
The Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (FH Carinthia) is developing an online platform to support risk assessment of drone flights with weather service data provider
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EASA postpones U-Space Draft Opinion to February 2020
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will now publish its Draft Opinion on U-Space regulations for comment by European Union member states and aviation stakeholders
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ICAO’s DroneEnable3 is a further step along the road to globalising UTM
How to apply the Global Aviation Trust Framework under development by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to the global UAS traffic management industry –
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FAA and NASA to hold UTM UPP phase two workshop on December 9
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NASA will hold the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) Pilot Program (UPP) Phase 2 Industry Workshop in
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