Unmanned Systems Technology reports that the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) has announced the successful demonstration of a new Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) for
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Wing announces it will start drone deliveries in Finland in early 2019
Wing, an Alphabet company, has announced it will launch a drone delivery service in Finland in spring of 2019, the first Wing operation in Europe.
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Swiss Post to start BVLOS inter-hospital drone delivery flights from 10 December
From 10 December, drones will transport laboratory samples on behalf of Swiss Post from University Hospital Zurich (USZ) to the Irchel campus at the University
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AirMap “supports Mexican regulators in facilitating authorized drone flights”
The General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) and Mexico City are working with AirMap to facilitate drone-pilot access information on flight rules and restricted areas.
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ANRA Technologies joins UK’s UTM architecture design project
ANRA Technologies has announced that it has signed a contract for the UK UAS Traffic Management (UTM) programme under the governance of the Transport Systems Catapult
Read moreJay Merkle is the new head of FAA UAS integration
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced Earl Lawrence’s promotion to the Agency’s Executive Director for Aircraft Certification. Lawrence was previously Executive Director for
Read moreDrone industry in India takes off with launch of registration, authorisation portal
On 1 December, the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation launched its Digital Sky Platform – to start the process of registering drones, pilots, and operators
Read moreVodafone reports “successful trial of 4G drone tracking technologies”
Vodafone Group reports it has successfully demonstrated how mobile networks could support the European’s Commission’s vision of safe long distance drone flights. Regulators will need
Read moreLockheed Martin wins US Army airborne counter-UAS contract
The US Department of Defense on 29 November announced that an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract has been awarded to Lockheed Martin for high-powered-microwave
Read moreAmsterdam joins EU’s EIP-SCC urban air mobility network
Amsterdam has become the latest city to join the European Union’s European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC) initiative (https://eu-smartcities.eu/initiatives/840/description). The agreement to
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