On 21 December, DroneRadar together with Poland’s air navigation service provider PANSA started tests of dFPL, allowing drone pilots to submit dFPL (drone Flight Plans)
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Germany’s DFS invests in UTM systems company Unifly
Belgian UTM system company Unifly has raised a total of EUR14.6 million (USD16.8 million) in a B-round, bringing the total invested capital so far to EUR21
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FAA seeks new Drone Advisory Group members
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has posted a notice in the Federal Register soliciting qualified candidates to serve on the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). The
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“By 2025 only Italy will have deployed SESAR U-Space foundation services”
Special report European commercial drone operators planning to extend their businesses into beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) and other more complex operations will have
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Up to 110,000 passengers impacted by drone sightings over London Gatwick airport
London’s Gatwick airport was brought to a standstill on 19 and 20 December following the sightings of drones flying over the airfield in what appears
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NASA shows how UTM companies could collaborate to support urban drone flights
NASA has published a new report as part of its UAS Traffic Management (UTM) Project, outlining its latest thinking on a UTM architecture for commercial
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Boeing is flight trialing airborne radar for detect-and-avoid UAS applications
Boeing recently conducted a flight experiment to test the concept of expanding radar capabilities to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at the headquarters of Aurora Flight
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Vodafone “makes UK’s first 4G mobile network drone delivery”
Mobile phone network provider Vodafone has completed the UK’s first ever drone delivery over a mobile network, says the company. “Traditional drones are flown using
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NUAIR partners meet to develop UTM roadmap for BVLOS operations
The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) hosted its first official unmanned traffic management (UTM) kick off meeting with partners in Syracuse on December
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Russia’s Mikran “is developing counter-sUAS drone”
Russia’s TASS news agency reports that the country’s Mikran company has developed the Carnivora, a counter-small UAS (sUAS) drone. The Carnivora has been developed to
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