The National Guard has issued a request for information (RFI) to conduct market research to determine if available technology solutions can address the C-sUAS requirement.
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
NASA chooses NIAS Reno as urban UTM TCL4 test site
On 15 February 2019, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) publicly announced the State of Nevada as an award recipient for the Unmanned Aircraft
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Czech Republic launches “Smart Sky” strategy for autonomous drone operations
The Czech Republic is developing a new airspace strategy for the drone industry called “Smart Sky”. At its heart is the aim of full automation
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Frankfurt Airport, Volocopter to research drone air taxi connection concepts
Fraport AG and Volocopter GmbH report they are developing concepts for ground infrastructure and operations required for air taxi services at airports. “This cooperation focuses
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“First London apartment block with drone delivery landing site to open in June 2019”
Dezeen Magazine reports that a housing block designed by architects Farrells, currently under construction in west London, is aiming to be the first housing in the city to accept
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Blighter to supply counter-UAS radar for deployment on the Indian border
Blighter Surveillance Systems Ltd is supplying its Blighter B400 series E-scan micro Doppler ground surveillance radar, with wide beam detection capability of low flying manned
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BVLOS “not being held back by European regulation”
More than 250 experts from 100 different organisations are participating in Eurocae WG 105, the working group tasked with development of standards and guidance documents
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FAA proposing new rule to allow drone flights over people and at night…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing to amend its rules to allow operations of small unmanned aircraft over people in certain conditions and operations
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FAA to require operators to display registration number on drones from February 23
The USA is joining China in requiring drones to display their registration numbers. In China drone operators must have stickers with QR codes for identification
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Unifly to work with Terra Drone to develop UTM services in India
Unifly NV has entered into an agreement with Terra Drone India Pvt. Ltd to facilitate the safe integration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into Indian
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