In early August this year the Grand Sky commercial UAS research and development park, co-located with the Grand Forks (North Dakota) US Air Force Base,
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Antwerp joins EU Urban Air Mobility network – initial services will focus on police surveillance
Antwerp has signed a Manifesto of Intent to join the the UAM Initiative (EIP-SCC), joining other European cities and regions including Geneva Hamburg, Ingolstadt, Gent,
Read moreFirst international urban air mobility programme to deliver medical services in Germany, the Netherlands
The Euregio, a cross border region spanning Germany and the Netherlands around Twente and bordering parts of Niedersachsen and Nordrhein-Westfalia, has become the first Urban
Read moreBell heads team to work with NASA on integrated airspace drone operations
Bell Helicopter has announced a cooperative agreement with NASA for an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) flight demonstration in the National Airspace System (NAS) expected to
Read moreWalmart patent application “a basis for blockchain drone delivery service”
UAS Weekly.com (http://uasweekly.com/2018/09/05/walmart-patents-blockchain-system-for-automated-delivery-drones/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=uasweekly_newsletter_2018_09_05&utm_term=2018-09-05) reports that Walmart has filed a patent application as a possible basis “for developing a system through which capable autonomous electronic devices (like
Read more“Don’t just make the business case…Start making the safety case, too” – FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell
InterDrone Las Vegas news – In his keynote address FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell urged delegates to focus on the safety case as well as
Read moreAirMap integrates its platform into QGroundControl drone station as part of the Dronecode project
InterDrone Las Vegas news – AirMap has today released the integration of the AirMap Platform SDK into QGroundControl, the de-facto standard open source ground control
Read moreLiteye “receives USD18 million USAF contract for C-UAS equipment”
Press reports say Liteye Systems (http://liteye.com/) has received a USD18 million follow on contract for the delivery of numerous containerized anti-unmanned aircraft systems, or C-AUDS
Read moreLuxembourg University researchers develop swarming counter-drone defence system
Techxplore (https://techxplore.com/news/2018-08-networked-uav-defense-swarms-defend.html) and the Center for the Study of the Drone (http://dronecenter.bard.edu/) report that researchers at the University of Luxembourg have developed a new counter-UAS system
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