Among projects funded by the UK Research and Innovation Future Flight Challenge GBP73 programme (see news item) announced at Farnborough 2022, Project HADO aims to
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Farnborough 2022: UK funds Project Skyway ‘drone superhighway’ under UKRI research grant
The UK Research and Innovation Future Flight Challenge – announcing GBP73 million in funding (see news item) at Farnborough 2022 – includes Project Skyway, a
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Eurocae calls for participation in WG-105 UAS sub group: Command, Control, Communications and Security
European standards agency Eurocae has issued a call for participation in a new activity undertaken by Working Group 105 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). A deliverable in
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UK laser directed energy programme tests accuracy and power in latest trials
Dragonfire, the UK’s Laser Directed Energy Programme (LDEW) led by MBDA, has begun a series of trials to prove the accuracy and power of the
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US Marines field I-CsUAS counter drone equipment to defend against sUAS threats
The US Marine Corps is fielding the Installation-Counter small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (I-CsUAS) to protect Marine Corps installations by detecting, identifying, tracking and defeating small
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US Congress told “8000 illegal cross-border drone flights since August 2021”
US government officials told Congress about potential threats posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) at a hearing on 14 July 2022 according to a report
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Farnborough 2022: 17 drone delivery projects feature in GBP73 million UK government grant
The Future Flight Challenge at UK Research and Innovation has announced the 17 projects sharing GBP73 million in funding to develop and demonstrate integrated aviation
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ANSI standards gap analysis highlights critical missing links in UAS standards development
Uncrewed air system (UAS) system safety, alignment in standards between aviation and cellular communities, UAS navigational systems, protection from Global Navigation Satellite Signals (GNSS) interference
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Farnborough 2022: New UK advanced aerial mobility consortium announced
Vertical Aerospace, Virgin Atlantic, Atkins, Skyports and NATS, along with Connected Places Catapult and leading academic institutions Cranfield University and WMG, University of Warwick, today
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Russian Stupor counter drone gun identified in operation in Ukraine, reports Tass
According to an article published by Tass, Russia’s hand-held electromagnetic weapon against unmanned aerial vehicles, Stupor, has been used for the first time during the
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