The US Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules to enable initial drone operations in the 5 GHz spectrum band for wireless communications necessary to
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
CDA’s Lisa Ellman appointed to the US Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee
The Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA), an independent 501c6 non-profit organization led by key members of the commercial drone industry, has announced that its Executive Director,
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Germany: current C-UAS systems “unable to stop drone spying flights”
Germany’s Bild newspaper reports that a no-fly zone over a nuclear power plant had been violated several times this month. According to Bild, authorities with
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New two-tonne payload cargo drone takes flight in China
Multiple media reports say that China’s Sichuan Tengden Sci-tech Innovation Co has made the first flight of a 2 tonne payload twin-engine cargo drone took
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Integrating eVTOL operations at two-runway airports – new Air Mobility Initiative research
“How could CityAirbus fly in the existing airspace structures, ensuring minimal impact on conventional air traffic? This was one of the guiding research questions to
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Northrop Grumman launches low-cost guided-ammunition system to counter drone swarms
Northrop Grumman has launched a new type of air defence/counter UAS system called Cannon-Based Air Defence (CBAD) employing a range of guided-ammunition weapons to affordably combat
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L3 Harris “develops robotic-based short-range mobile air defence/C-UAS capability”
L3Harris’ Agile Development Group has been iteratively developing a robotic based, highly mobile, short range air defence capability. The prototype system participated in this year’s
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AIM Defence wins Canadian Army CD 1 million prize by neutralising drone swarm with laser
Canada’s AIM Defence has won a CAD1 million competition from the Canadian Army during a three-week contest that ended in mid-June for its Fractl:1 high powered
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Volocopter lifts off in Paris – but with trial flights at just two locations
Last week Volocopter reported it had completed a crewed test flight at the Aerodrome of Saint-Cyr-l’École, the first bespoke commercial vertiport for electric vertical take-off
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“Two-thirds of consumers are in favour of electric aviation” – new Lilium/Opinium survey
A new survey by Opinium of 4,000 people across the US, UK, France and Germany suggests that two-thirds (65%) of consumers are in favour of
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