Acorn Growth Companies, a private equity firm investing exclusively in aerospace, defence and intelligence, has announced the acquisition of counter-UAS systems supplier Black Sage Technologies
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Wing launches airspace access app for Australian drone operators
Alphabet’s Wing (formerly Project Wing) has launched OpenSky, a new app for Australian commercial and private drone operators to safely access airspace. The app is
Read moreBahamas drone delivery service starts with 50 mile test flight through controlled airspace
Volans-i, Inc., an on-demand drone delivery business based in San Francisco, CA, and Fli Drone, part of the Bahamas-based Hogfish Ventures group completed the first long-range
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Jakarta megacity highlights how urban air mobility can impact the developing world
This article, by Pamir Sevincel[1] reflects an official collaboration between The Aviary Project, a London-based Urban Air Mobility community aiming to bring UAM to the UK
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Global approach to integrating drone tracking required, ACI-NA report urges
Remote identification of drones so that target information, including ID and position, can be passed to ATC automatically needs to be urgently implemented on a
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“Urban air mobility will pose multiple U-Space challenges” – Third U-Space Demonstrator Network meeting
Early results from on-going European U-Space demonstrator programmes suggest that when considering the application of UAS traffic management systems to urban air mobility (UAM) operations
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Involi and AirMap combine to offer integrated UTM and air traffic awarenss service
UTM companies Involi and AirMap have announced their collaboration to offer a pre-integrated UTM and Air Traffic Awareness solution for safe, efficient, and scalable drone
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Kittyhawk launches LAANC 2.0, with airspace authorisations for Android customers
Kittyhawk reports it has completed the official FAA onboarding process to offer the latest features of LAANC 2.0 to enterprise customers and mobile app users
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uAvionix receives FAA TSO approval for ADS-B OUT drone tail beacon
uAvionix has announced it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval for its tailBeacon integrated rear position light ADS-B OUT solution. Much like the skyBeacon,
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Drone component impacts “cause major destruction to aluminium structures” – new research
Researchers from Fraunhofer EMI in Freiburg, Germany, are researching the effect of drone strikes on commercial aircraft. Until now, most of the tests have been
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