EHang on 8 January 2020 conducted its first-ever U.S. trial flight of its two-seat passenger autonomous air vehicle (AAV), the EHang 216, as part of the
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India to launch BVLOS flights in proof-of-concept trials
Numerous press reports say India will soon conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) test flights of drone systems for the creation of last mile
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New York State plans drone indoor test centre for autonomy, command/control and communications
On 5 January 2020 New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced a proposal to invest USD9 million to establish a small unmanned aerial system,
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Frequentis and Altitude Angel “win Avinor contract to supply Norway with a nationwide UTM system”
According to the UAS Norway website (https://www.uasnorway.no/uas-norway/) Frequentis of Austria with subcontractor Altitude Angel (UK) has won the contract issued by Norway’s air navigation service
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Drone registration and marking system goes live in Singapore
Unmanned aircraft registration commenced in Singapore on 2 January 2020. According to a statement from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore: “Any unmanned aircraft (UA)
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NASA seeks to licence emergency-landing, tracking-without-GPS and propeller-quietening technologies
NASA in the USA is promoting a range of technology developments which it says will unlock new capabilities of drones in commercial operations by adding
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Pierce and DRONEDEK partner to progress commercial drone delivery services
US companies Pierce Aerospace and DRONEDEK LLC have announced a partnership to advance commercial drone delivery, by linking Pierce Aerospace’s Remote Identification expertise and technologies
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DRONEDEK to unveil next-generation drone docking station/smart mailbox at CES 2020
DRONEDEK, LLC, is set to unveil its second-generation drone docking prototype at the CES Show January 7-10, Las Vegas, NV. DRONEDEK’s vision is to develop
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BVLOS waiver allows Censys and SEI to inspect power lines
Censys Technologies and partner Soaring Eagle Imaging (SEI) successfully carried out beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) inspection of power lines in Louisiana in the
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Poland’s PANSA starts production tests of its nationwide UTM system
On December 31, 2019 Poland’s air navigation service provider Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) started production tests of PansaUTM – a system supporting the
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