The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has designated Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory as the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Safety Research Facility.
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
NASA publishes research findings of high-density, urban UTM trials
A lack of standardization in referencing altitudes across components in the small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) domain is a hurdle to implementing UTM systems in
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Samsung demonstrates drone-based AI solution to improve 4G and 5G tower maintenance
Samsung Electronics has demonstrated a new antenna configuration measurement solution for 4G and 5G networks in the company’s campus. Samsung says the automated solution simplified
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Connectivity boost for Indian BVLOS trial with Vodafone Idea-Zomato partnership – MediaNama
A report published by Medianama says Vodafone idea is to participate in India’s drone ecosystem by partnering with Zomato in the upcoming beyond visual line
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ANRA, Switch and NIAS win FAA contract to trial scalable UTM services
Technology infrastructure company Switch in partnership with UTM service provider ANRA Technologies and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS), have received a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract
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SkyGrid white paper says blockchain “critical for the airspace systems of tomorrow”
UTM company SkyGrid has published a White Paper about the power of blockchain in unmanned aviation. The document examines the benefits of blockchain for drones
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Drone market will reach USD42.8 billion in 2024 says DRONEII
The DRONEII five-year forecast for the drone market predicts the market will grow from USD22.5 billion in 2020 to USD42.8 billion in 2024 at a
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DroneShield completes US delivery of drone detection systems for evaluation
Australian drone detection company DroneShield reports delivery to a US government agency customer of several of the company’s handheld and portable products. The equipment will
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Fortem Technologies adds to counter drone installations in the Gulf region
An end-user in the Gulf Region has deployed counter drone security and defence equipment supplied by Fortem Technologies’ UAE office, according to a company press
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DroneSec shares threat information via Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform
Australian security software specialist DroneSec has released a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform for the drone, counter-drone, and UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system industries. The DroneSec
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