JD.com, China’s largest retailer, has announced the completion of Indonesia’s first government approved drone flight. “The successful pilot opens the door for future commercial drone
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Australian regulator approves 1,000km-plus remote BVLOS operations from Airobotics
US automated drone startup Airobotics has announced that it has recently made Australian aviation history “by obtaining the nation’s first and only Civil Aviation Safety Authority
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Muscat International Airport “to install USD10 million Aaronia counter-UAS system”
Aaronia AG reports it will install its AARTOS drone detection system at Muscat International Airport, Oman, in a deal worth USD10 million. According to the
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Indra gives details of its counter-UAS airport protection system ARMS
Indra has developed a counter UAS systems specifically prepared and tested to protect an airport or any other space against drones flying without authorization. The
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German Railways to test BVLOS drone monitoring flights in Ingolstadt
On 17 January the German Minister of State for Digitisation Dorothee Bär, Deutsche Bahn Board Member for Digitisation and Technology Prof. Dr. Sabina Jeschke and
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BVLOS flight restrictions lifted in Poland at the end of January
On 31 January new regulations regarding beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights will become effective in FIR EPWW in Poland. According to Polish UTM
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Hensoldt “has successfully tested large UAV detect-and-avoid radar”
The sensor solutions provider Hensoldt reports it has successfully concluded flight tests with its collision avoidance radar system for UAVs. This sensor is intended to
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Singapore’s CAAS “to develop UAS traffic monitoring system”
Singapore’s “Straits Times” reports that the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) intends to develop a system that can monitor unmanned aircraft systems. “This system
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Iridium launches global, mobile, IoT satcom service
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced today the commercial launch of its Iridium Certus broadband service, the first new capability activated from the company’s USD3 billion
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Swiss Railways “signs MoU with Lilium to develop air taxi services at stations”
Numerous press reports say Swiss Railways, or Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB) is in talks with electric air taxi manufacturer Lilium GmbH to develop air taxis to transport
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