The US Senate’s Subcommittee on Space and Science will convene a hearing “Space Situational Awareness, Space Traffic Management, and Orbital Debris: Examining Solutions for Emerging Threats”
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US Air Force awards Black Sage IDIQ contract to provide counter drone command and control software
The US Air Force has awarded counter drone company Black Sage an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to USD950,000,000. The award covers the “maturation, demonstration,
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AMU-LED lists outstanding challenges for European urban air mobility U-space conops planners
According to a Linkedin blog posted by the AMU-LED consortium on 20 July 2021 “a lot of questions remain open” following the publication in March
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Malaysia Airports, Skyports, and Volocopter collaborate in feasibility study for vertiport deployment in Malaysia
Malaysia Airports has signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Skyports, designer and operator of vertiport infrastructure for electric air taxis, and urban air
Read moreUS FAA opens Houston space safety office to oversee burgeoning space activity
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has opened a safety field office in Houston to increase its oversight of commercial space operations in Texas and
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Denmark updates UTM platform to support new functionalities
Danish air navigation service provider Naviair is working on “the biggest update to date of the Naviar Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) platform”, including adding many
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Aloft secures patent for Dynamic Airspace platform, adds programme interfaces to expand services
Aloft (formerly Kittyhawk) has been awarded a patent for its Dynamic Airspace platform, expanding the company’s existing portfolio of IP for technology designed to support
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Two new board members appointed to US Commercial Drone Alliance industry association
Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA), the US association that aims to solve drone industry challenges, has announced the appointment of two new members to its board
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Almaz-Almaty unveils net-throwing drone designed to protect civilian airports at MAKS air show
The Volk-18 (Wolf-18) interceptor drone developed by Almaz-Almaty will be used to protect civilian airports from intruder drones, Deputy CEO Dmitry Savitsky told TASS, according
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US plans expansion of innovation zones for UAS spectrum experiments
US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to establish “two new Innovation Zones for Program Experimental Licenses and the expansion of an existing Innovation Zone”, due
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