By Jenny Beechener Communications network provider Vodafone is testing a range of U-space services based around its cellular network. European trials launched three years’ ago
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Fortem supports AirMap in airspace monitoring for North Carolina UAS IPP trials
Fortem Technologies has announced it has completed the first phase of the US Department of Transportation’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program (UAS IPP) in
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Sincronia Logistica is pioneering medical drone delivery services in Mexico
Mexico’s Sincronia Logistica has now made more than 100 deliveries of COVID-19 medical supplies to IMSS General Regional Hospital II in El Marqués, Querétaro, from
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EHang launches hotel air taxi services – journalists take first rides
EHang Holdings Limited has announced that it has entered a strategic partnership with LN Holdings, a Shenzhen-listed tourism platform company, to further commercialize its autonomous
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UKP30 million funding opportunity announced for electric air vehicle integration research
The UK government’s Innovate UK has announced it will invest up to UKP30 million in innovation projects as part of phase two of its Future
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Positioning the COVID-19 drone response: delivering medicines but removing privacy rights?
By Chris Stonor At the start of May a French judge ruled in favour of allowing the Interior Ministry to continue to use drones to
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US Army seeks industry/academic partner to help assess soldier and base protection technologies
The US Army’s ACC-APG, RTP Division, on behalf of the Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Data and Analysis Center (DAC) “is exploring the possibility of
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“Edge computing will open up new revenue streams for UTM companies, drone operators and telecommunications providers”
What are the commercial opportunities for UTM service providers, drone operators and mobile network operators in moving their services to the edge? This was the
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Latvia closes airspace as prototype drone goes rogue
A nationwide hunt for a missing drone was still underway on May 6 after a 26kg drone built by Latvia’s UAVFactory left its planned flight
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From rogue drone detection to micro-weather forecasting – the technical capabilities of mobile phone networks
Cellular networks can provide more than just advanced connectivity services to drone operators and UTM service suppliers – they can deliver a range of advanced
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