India’s Flying Labs Network is due to meet on 5 December 2020 to discuss the policy document released by India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation last
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Amsterdam Drone Week: A city manifesto but who will manage the airspace above cities?
Fourteen European cities and regions, members of the UAM Initiative Cities Community (UIC2), presented their ‘Manifesto on the Multilevel Governance of the Urban Sky’, https://www.amsterdamdroneweek.com/manifesto
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Detect and avoid: how close are we to replacing the pilot as the last line of defence?
An interview with Jon Damush, CEO of Iris Automation, which is developing a range of machine-learning-based, optical detect and avoid systems for commercial drone operators
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Drone Harmony selects Altitude Angel as global map data provider
Software company Drone Harmony has chosen to embed Altitude Angel data in its flight mapping solutions. Drone Harmony’s data capture platform is designed to enable
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Naviair UTM receives DKK25 million to develop drone infrastructure in Denmark
Danish air navigation service provider Naviair reports DKK25 million government funding to finance the development of an air traffic management platform for beyond visual line
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India’s aviation ministry invites feedback on draft UTM concept of operations
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation has released the discussion draft of the National Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management Policy 1.0 for public consultation following
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DroneShield releases latest edition of its C-UAS counter drone factbook
Australian counter drone manufacturer DroneShield has released the fifth edition of its C-UAS Factbook. The report provides an overview of available C-UAS technologies. This includes
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Japan’s Niigata City supports second BVLOS drone flight in extended programme of research
Japan’s Niigata City in Niigata Prefecture provided the location and financial support for the flight test by ShinMaywa Industries of the fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle
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Polaris adds counter drone capability to its latest MRZR Alpha light tactical vehicle
US manufacturer Polaris Defense has introduced a family of light tactical military vehicles equipped with counter unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS). The MRZR Alpha also carries
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Israel to equip UAS with sense and avoid systems as airspace congestion grows
By Arie Egozi Israel’s civil and military airspace management organizations are working on developing new sense and avoid technologies to be fitted on all drones
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