The UK Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme (CHIRP) has extended its safety reporting system to include drone operations. The CHIRP October newsletter announced the
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Malaysia accelerates plans to become a global drone research centre
Malaysia is accelerating is strategy to become a centre for drone research and development. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, quoting Surina Shukri, CEO of
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Airspace Link launches drone flight management tool for local authorities, communities and pilots
Airspace Link has launched AirHub™, a cloud-based drone platform focused exclusively on merging the needs of state and local government with the operational planning tools
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African Drone Forum launches competition to accelerate commercial drone use in the continent
The African Drone Forum (ADF) has launched the African Drone Business Challenge – a competition with prizes worth a total of GBP 40,000 for African
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Airborne Response offers BVLOS testing in the Caribbean and Latin America
The new test programme called AirborneBeyond is offering access to various test ranges including coordinated UAS fight testing at certified aviation facilities in Colombia, the Dominican
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European ANSPs “have major reservations with EASA’s draft U-Space regulations”
Many European air navigation service providers (ANSPs) have expressed deep concerns with the draft U-Space regulations currently being proposed by the European Aviation Safety Agency
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Rostec launches drone detection radar
Subsidiary of Russia’s Rostec State Corporation, Ruselectronic, has launched a new radar capable of detecting small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Operating in Ka bandwidth, the
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Raytheon delivers first counter-UAS laser system to the United States Air Force
Raytheon Company delivered the first high-energy laser counter-unmanned aerial system to the U.S. Air Force earlier this month. The system will be deployed overseas as
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New counter drone solution from Kaspersky
Kaspersky Antidrone is a new standalone solution that uses a trainable neural network to detect and classify civilian drones automatically. The system uses sensors, chosen
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Raytheon’s drone integration technology wins ATCA award
Raytheon Company’s Ground Based Detect and Avoid team received the Air Traffic Control Association’s annual Team Award for outstanding achievement for its collaboration with the
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