The European Aviation Safety Agency has issued a tender for a Horizon 2020 Research Project: Vulnerability of Manned Aircraft to Drone Strikes The general objective
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
UPS Flight Forward wins FAA’s full approval for drone airline operations
by Michael Willoughby UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward announced yesterday that it had received the US’ government’s first full Part 135 Standard certification to operate
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Poland’s PANSA launches next stage in its nationwide digital UTM programme
On October 1, 2019, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) in Warsaw, presented its “Digital Services for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” strategy to government partners
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SESAR publishes enhanced overview of U-Space concept of operations
Project members of the CORUS (Concept of Operation for EuRopean UTM Systems) project announced on September 30 the finalized version of the first Concept of
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Integrating drone detection systems into airport surveillance networks in Germany “will cost EUR500 million”
Building an integrated drone detection system (DDS) into Germany’s busiest airports will cost around EUR500 million, according to Germany’s air navigation service provider Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS).
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Frequentis, Dimetor partner to speed development of BVLOS operations
Frequentis and Dimetor have announced a partnership to speed the development of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations. “So far, the use of
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Droneshield delivers wearable C-UAS equipment to Australia’s defence department
Droneshield has announced that it has won the Australian Department of Defence tender for portable unmanned aerial system (drone) detection devices. According to a company
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GUTMA’s Secretary General Fanni Lukácsy announces departure
In a social media post of 1 October 2019 GUTMA’s Secretary General Fanni Lukácy announces she is stepping down from her current post at the association.
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EGNSS4RPAS trial show European GNSS networks support drone operations in urban environments
Karel Callewaert, Senior Consultant, VVA VVA, together with GMV and CATEC, has been contracted by the European Commission’s DG GROW to provide support to the standardisation
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UK outlines its vision for a national UTM system
A new report from the UK’s Department for Transport’s Connected Places Catapult (CPC), NATS, Altitude Angel, ANRA Technologies, Cranfield University, the Satellite Applications Catapult and
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