The African Drone Forum has announced the 10 companies selected to participate in the African Drone Business Challenge which takes place in Kigali, Rwanda 5-6
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EASA leads European research into vulnerability of manned aircraft to drone strikes and C-UAS
By Jenny Beechener The European Union (EU) has tasked European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) with the contracting and technical management of research into the vulnerability
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Syniverse and AiRXOS link to provide secure UTM communications network
Technology innovators Syniverse and AiRXOS, a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Aviation, today announced they are working together to provide a communications infrastructure that manages
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Kenya revises regulations on drone use ready for parliamentary approval
In a second attempt to obtain parliamentary approval to regulate drone use, The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) plans to present revised proposals to Kenya’s
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Sri Lanka lifts drone ban and plans new regulations
Associated Press reports that Sri Lankan authorities have lifted a ban on drones that was imposed after the Easter Sunday attacks that left 263 people
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India selects additional drone operators to test BVLOS flights
According to press reports, India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has selected two more companies to participate in its programme to test safe integration
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FAA chooses “cohort” of eight companies to pioneer remote identification implementation
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced a “cohort” of eight companies to work out the implementation details of drone operations’ remote identification (RID) rules
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Dynamic Global Strategies provides counter drone protection for convoys
Dynamic Global Strategies has launched a multi-function electronic warfare (EW) system as a single-box solution to counter the threats posed by drones and remote-controlled improvised
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Perspecta Labs demonstrates long-distance ground to air LTE data communications for manned and unmanned systems
The applied research arm of Perspecta successfully demonstrated long-distance, high-bandwidth data streaming between a test aircraft and a fourth generation (4G) long-term evolution (LTE) ground
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Indra to chair Eurocae working group developing standards for counter drone systems
Indra has been appointed chair of the new Eurocae working group (WG-115) tasked with developing standards that will support the safe and harmonized implementation of
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