PrecisionHawk, a US company specialising in geospatial data acquisition and analysis for enterprises, has announced it has been awarded two patents for technologies it has
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Japan bans drone flights over 15 US military sites
A report by Japan’s Kyodo News says drone flights over 15 US military facilities in the country including its major bases are no longer permitted
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FAA grants four-year nationwide waiver to use Botlink flight software for operations over people
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a four-year nationwide waiver to drone service company Botlink to use its flight software for drone operations over
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US Army selects CACI fixed/semi-fixed counter drone system
The US Army’s Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems office (C-sUAS) Office (JCO) has selected its CORIAN system to protect Department of Defense (DoD) personnel and
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SqwaQ develops LTE comms module “which obviates need for UTM restrictions”
SqwaQ Inc, based at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA, has announced it has “successfully demonstrated its patented airborne LTE drone communications technology for
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Hyundai and Urban-Air Port to invest USD1.5 billion in UK UAM infrastructure
Hyundai Air Mobility and Urban-Air Port Ltd have announced a partnership to develop urban air mobility (UAM) infrastructure. Hyundai’s investment of USD1.5 billion in UAM
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NASA conformance monitoring exercise at Moffat Field tests adherence to assigned flight trajectories
In June and August 2020, researchers at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames conducted Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) flight tests of drone aircraft
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Japan plans safe drone routes based on electric power grid
Japan’s major power companies are looking at supporting safe routes for drone operations with the help of national power infrastructure, according to the Japan UAS
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US FAA releases an additional USD3.3 million funding for university drone research programmes
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued USD3.3 million in research, education and training grants to universities that comprise FAA’s Air Transportation Center of
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State of Virginia launches flight information exchange for unmanned aerial systems
The Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV) and Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) today announced the launch of the Virginia Flight Information Exchange pilot programme, a
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