In 2019 Rwanda become the first country in the world where the number of autonomous UAS flights overtook the number of manned aviation flights. Speaking
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Counter-UAS company CerbAir announces EUR5.5 million in new funding
French counter-UAS systems manufacturer CerbAir has announced a EUR5.5 million round of financing and the incorporation of new shareholders. “With a number of detection and
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Autonomous air taxi flight trials take off in New Zealand
The New Zealand Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with urban air mobility company Wisk (https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/boeing-and-kittyhawk-launch-wisk-company-to-develop-the-cora-air-taxi/) to support a transport trial of the company’s
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Connected Skies event “will bridge the worlds of telecom and UTM” – GUTMA
The Global UTM Associatfion (GUTMA) has announced that following the success of the first edition of GUTMA’s Connected Skies conference in Portland (OR) in 2019,
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Eurocontrol, DSNA and Toulouse airport “successfully integrate drone and airfield operations”
Eurocontrol, the French air navigation service provider DSNA and Toulouse-Blagnac Airport have joined forces to validate the safety aspects associated with using drones to inspect
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Data security: the critical foundation of remote ID
By Jon Hegranes, founder and CEO of Kittyhawk This commentary was first published on the Kittyhawk website https://kittyhawk.io/blog/data-security-the-critical-foundation-for-remote-id/ on 29 January 2020 and is being
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EU National Aviation Authorities extend collaboration in implementing drone regulations
European Union (EU) National Aviation Authorities (NAA) have agreed to increase cooperative efforts to harmonise national approaches to implementing EU drone regulation by extending the
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Next meeting of U-space Demonstrator Network to be held in Madrid on 9 March
The next meeting of the European Network of U-space Demonstrators will be held on Monday 9th March 2020 at the University of Madrid, school of
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Flight Ltd launches affordable, integrated drone flight planning and mission management tool
UK Flight Ltd has today launched Flight Survey, an affordable flight planning and mission management tool giving drone operators details on airspace NOTAMs, airport zones,
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NASA trials show resilience of GPS signals in urban canyons during drone operations
There is sufficient accuracy and reception of GPS navigation satellites to obtain a fix within acceptable error limits within “urban canyons”, according to recently published
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