California-based drone security company WhiteFox reports its drone and operator identification system was demonstrated by drone manufacturer during the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
D-Fend reports its C-UAS system operational with more than 20 US government units
Counter-UAS (C-UAS) company D-Fend Solutions has been working with the US Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC) Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office
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New Austrian consortium formed to supply ANSP with automatic drone flight risk
The Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (FH Carinthia) is developing an online platform to support risk assessment of drone flights with weather service data provider
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EASA postpones U-Space Draft Opinion to February 2020
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will now publish its Draft Opinion on U-Space regulations for comment by European Union member states and aviation stakeholders
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ICAO’s DroneEnable3 is a further step along the road to globalising UTM
How to apply the Global Aviation Trust Framework under development by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to the global UAS traffic management industry –
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FAA and NASA to hold UTM UPP phase two workshop on December 9
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NASA will hold the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) Pilot Program (UPP) Phase 2 Industry Workshop in
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DJI develops drone-to-phone remote ID capability
DJI has demonstrated a direct drone-to-phone, Wi-Fi based solution to remotely identify airborne drones, “pioneering an easy way for anyone with a smartphone to monitor
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Netline “improves precise 3D location of rogue drone threats”
Netline Communications Technologies Ltd. – a developer and manufacturer of high-end electronic warfare and spectrum dominance systems for defense forces and homeland security agencies –
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ICAO urges States to consider new surveillance technology for drones operating in uncontrolled airspace
As neither 1090MHz frequency-based surveillance systems nor the 24-bit aircraft addressing system will be able to accommodate future levels of UAS traffic, the world will
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Comparing the cost-effectiveness of drones v ground vehicles for medical, food and parcel deliveries
By Thiago Tavares, VVA Brussels According to the United Nations[1], more than 55% of the world’s population lived in urban settlements in 2018 and 60%
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