Volocopter, Atlantia, Aeroporti di Roma, the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) and ENAV, Italy’s air navigation service provider have announced a partnership to bring urban
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WATMC 2021: Altitude Angel extends Inmarsat partnership with Velaris BVLOS connectivity services
Altitude Angel and Inmarsat have announced that Altitude Angel is confirmed as the first member of a new partnership network for Inmarsat’s Velaris connectivity solution. According to
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Indian government publishes policy framework for introducing UTM
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation has published an important high-level UTM roadmap in which stakeholder roles are defined and the next steps for UTM implementation
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Commercial drones “could cut CO2 emissions for freight deliveries by half” – Cranfield University
As part of the report, ‘UAVs: Unlocking positive transformation in the world’, Cranfield University has used its own modelling and primary data resources to compare the
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WATMC 2021: CATS Global Council launches its vision of airspace management in 2045
The Complete Air Traffic System (CATS) Global Council, a forum of industry bodies, believes that a shared blueprint and joint action are vital to make
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WATMC 2021: the challenges facing DFS in building a network of airport C-UAS systems
Germany’s air navigation service provider (ANSP) DFS has reached a number of conclusions around the effectiveness of counter-UAS (C-UAS) technologies to defend major airports from
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WATMC 2021: ENAIRE to start UTM flight trials in February 2022
Spanish air navigation service provider ENAIRE will start the first flight campaign of its national UTM/U-space system in February 2022, with a separate common information
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WATMC 2021: Frequentis, Unmanned Experts join NASA AAM project
Frequentis, a global control centre communication provider, and Unmanned Experts, an autonomous robotics specialist, are joining the NASA Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project. The mission
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University of Zurich uses AI to train drones to avoid obstacles while flying at speed
A team from the University of Zurich has trained an artificial intelligence system to fly a drone in a virtual environment full of obstacles according
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UK defence department selects Raytheon UK to supply demonstrator high-energy laser C-UAS
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected Raytheon UK to supply a demonstrator contract to provide a High-Energy Laser Weapon System, or HELWS. Raytheon
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