Raytheon reports US Air Force personnel used microwave systems and high-energy lasers produced by the company to bring down dozens of small drones during a recent exercise. The
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SESAR JU announces call for U-Space, RPAS integration research proposals
The SESAR Joint Undertaking has launched an open call for exploratory projects within the framework of the SESAR 2020 research and innovation programme. Projects include
Read moreFAA predicts commercial UAS fleet will triple over next five years
On 30 April 2019 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published its latest Aerospace Forecast, predicting that the commercial, small non-model UAS fleet will nearly triple
Read moreDrone flights over people: industry responds to the NPRM
Matt Fanelli is director of strategy for Skyward, A Verizon company. This article originally appeared on Skyward’s blog The FAA is working to standardize drone
Read moreDroneShield launches body-worn, passive drone detector
DroneShield has announced the launch of its body-worn drone detection product, RfPatrolTM. According to a company statement: “Weighing under 1kg, the product is expected to
Read moreFAA approves ATA, LLC and Harris team for LAANC operations
ATA, LLC has partnered with Harris Corporation to jointly develop a Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) application and has obtained all FAA-required approvals
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AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019 News – AUVSI and ACI-NA set up UAS airport mitigation task force
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) today announced the formation of a Blue Ribbon Task Force on
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AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019 News – Echodyne brings augmented reality to UTM
Echodyne, manufacturer of small electronically scanned array (ESA) radars has announced that it will demonstrate enhanced airspace situational awareness by visualizing EchoGuard sensor data through
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Belarus launches vehicle-mounted counter-UAS system
Russia’s news agency TASS reports that Belarus has developed a new air defence missile system dubbed TRIO to fight small-size drones. According to the republic’s
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Iris Automation launches AI-based detect and avoid system for autonomous vehicles
Iris Automation has announced the launch of Casia – the first commercially available computer vision detect-and-avoid solution to enable Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS)
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