New Zealand’s UTM company AirShare Ltd. (a subsidiary of Airways New Zealand, the country’s air navigation service provider) is testing LTE GPS and low-cost ADS-B
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Blighter and Genetec link to enhance airport drone detection capability
Blighter Surveillance Systems Ltd, a UK designer and manufacturer of electronic-scanning (e-scan) radars and surveillance solutions, has partnered with Genetec™, a technology provider of unified
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UPS and Matternet start medical deliveries by drone in North Carolina
US parcels delivery company UPS has announced a new logistics service to deliver medical samples via unmanned drones through a collaboration with Matternet, an autonomous
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Blue Bear opens 5G BVLOS test centre and trials 5G rural drone operations
UK systems integrator Blue Bear has announced the launch of its 5G enabled beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight test facilities in Bedfordshire. According
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OSA receives first FAA approval for drone swarm operations in national airspace
Oklahoma State University reports its Unmanned Systems Research Institute (USRI) has received its certificate of authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to permit flights of
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Landmark Gulf of Finland complex UTM trials to start soon
The SESAR JU reports that the Gulf of Finland (GOF) U-space demonstration project members have announced more details of the ambitious trials they will run
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ICAO issues request for information to help develop UTM global agreements
UVS International https://uvs-international.org/ has reported the International Civil Aviation Organization has issued a request for information (RFI) for Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) stakeholders
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UK’s NATS plans faster airspace authorisations as no fly zones are widened
Following the introduction on 13 March of legislation extending the no-fly-zones around UK airports from 3km to 5km, the UK’s air navigation service provider NATS
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Dubai to integrate non-cooperative drone surveillance in its UTM system
The latest stage in the development of Dubai’s UAS traffic management (UTM) system is due to become operational by June this year, incorporating non-cooperative drone
Read more“Network of U-space demonstrators is a vital enabler to new drone business market” – EUROCONTROL
Reproduced with the kind permission of Eurocontrol. This feature appears in the latest issue of Skyway, Eurocontrol’s official journal – https://www.eurocontrol.int/content/skyway The launch in October 2018
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