Belgium’s air navigation service provider skeyes reports its procedure for dealing with rogue drone incidents has now been certified by the national regulator. “Air traffic
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Israel “will soon start trails of wide-ranging laser-based air defence system”
Numerous press reports say that Israel’s ministry of defence has developed a new laser-based air defence system called “Laser Sword” to be tested over coming
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WhiteFox, BlueForce and EXO Tactik launch year-long drone security trial at Montreal airport
WhiteFox is partnering with BlueForce and EXO Tactik to launch a year-long drone security trial at YUL Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. According to WhiteFox: “A drone
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EHang demonstrates autonomous air taxi flight in North Carolina
EHang on 8 January 2020 conducted its first-ever U.S. trial flight of its two-seat passenger autonomous air vehicle (AAV), the EHang 216, as part of the
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India to launch BVLOS flights in proof-of-concept trials
Numerous press reports say India will soon conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) test flights of drone systems for the creation of last mile
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New York State plans drone indoor test centre for autonomy, command/control and communications
On 5 January 2020 New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced a proposal to invest USD9 million to establish a small unmanned aerial system,
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Frequentis and Altitude Angel “win Avinor contract to supply Norway with a nationwide UTM system”
According to the UAS Norway website (https://www.uasnorway.no/uas-norway/) Frequentis of Austria with subcontractor Altitude Angel (UK) has won the contract issued by Norway’s air navigation service
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Drone registration and marking system goes live in Singapore
Unmanned aircraft registration commenced in Singapore on 2 January 2020. According to a statement from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore: “Any unmanned aircraft (UA)
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NASA seeks to licence emergency-landing, tracking-without-GPS and propeller-quietening technologies
NASA in the USA is promoting a range of technology developments which it says will unlock new capabilities of drones in commercial operations by adding
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Pierce and DRONEDEK partner to progress commercial drone delivery services
US companies Pierce Aerospace and DRONEDEK LLC have announced a partnership to advance commercial drone delivery, by linking Pierce Aerospace’s Remote Identification expertise and technologies
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