A team of competing UTM service providers have joined forces to participate in two major demonstrations that have confirmed the immediate viability and effectiveness of network
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FAA approves further Kansas UAS test flights
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved additional test flights, authorising the Kansas Department of Transportation to conduct UAS airport inspection flights at Wichita Dwight
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DOMUS tests drone operations in manned airspace
Members of the DOMUS consortium led by ENAIRE have completed a SESAR U-space demonstration to show unmanned aircraft can coexist in the same airspace as
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US Air Force awards Citadel Defense counter drone contract
The US Air Force selected Citadel Defense’s Titan counter drone system following 18 months’ validation by the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security.
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Saudi oil refinery attacks suggests States will have to re-think counter-UAS strategies
By Tony Reeves of Level 7 Expertise The recent attacks on two Saudi oil installations have been widely reported to be coordinated attacks by long-range
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Will UTM eventually spell the demise of the commercial drone operator?
Tim McCarthy, Senior Lecturer (Dept of Computer Science), Maynooth University (Dublin, Ireland) In this short article “a commercial drone operator” is taken to mean any
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“New research shows how European GNSS networks enhance drone navigational performance”
Karel Callewaert, Senior Consultant, VVA VVA, together with GMV and CATEC, has been contracted by the European Commission’s DG GROW to provide support to the
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Belgium introduces automated UTM airspace authorisation and management system
Belgium’s air navigation service provider (ANSP) skeyes and the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority have today released Droneguide PRO – a system which automates the administrative
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Terra Drone UTM system supports downtown Tokyo drone test flight
Japan’s Terra Drone in collaboration with real estate company Mitsubishi Estate, has conducted a test flight in the city of Tokyo to showcase how drones
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Drone delivery services growing at extraordinary rate – new Unmanned Airspace survey
The drone delivery market has undergone a period of extraordinary growth over the last six months, with 45 countries now implementing or planning to implement
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