UK UTM company Altitude Angel has announced the creation of “the world’s first commercial drone corridor” available to support fully automated drone flights beyond visual
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
“FAA needs to refine commercial UAS approvals” – FAA Administrator
Opening Commercial UAV Expo 2020, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Steve Dickson said the agency needs to refine its approval process for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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“Police successfully intercept illegal drone flights in Oslo” – UAS Norway
UAS Norway reports that Norwegian police in May this year used counter-UAS equipment to detect and stop operators from flying drones in Oslo’s Palace Square,
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Boeing “demonstrates CLWS mobile direct energy weapon for convoy protection”
Boeing has demonstrated its Compact Laser Weapon System (CLWS) during a September 3 field test of the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) at Nellis Air
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ICAO publishes new library of UAS operational guidance materials, including UTM
On 10 September 2020 the International Air Transport Organization (ICAO) published its latest UAS guidance materials electronic bulletin (EB 2020/43). According to ICAO: “The guidance
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US Department of Defense to fund DroneShield C-UAS command and control system
DroneShield has announce it has received funding from the United States Department of Defense for targeted development of its DroneShieldCompleteTM Command-and-Control (“C2”) system.The section of
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“China looking to develop dominant role in UAS industry standards-setting”
China is looking to play a dominant role in the global unmanned aircraft system (UAS) market after launching its first international standard for the sector
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EDA finalises work on civil/military RPAS take-off and landing standards
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has completed its work on the ‘Enhanced RPAS Automation’ (ERA) project launched in 2016 by EDA on behalf of Germany,
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Unmanned Airspace teams with ATM Magazine to launch UTM industry awards
As the use of unmanned vehicles continues to grow in quantity, size and complexity (with the prospect of passenger-carrying urban air taxis arriving in the
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Israel’s Xtend VR, net-capture drone system “now working with the US military”
According to Israeli news outlet Haarzetz, the US military has launched a new drone project with the Israeli company Xtend, using its Skylord system to
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