The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Part 107 waiver for drone operations during COVID-19 for inspection services according to news reports. The Financial
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Oklahoma university receives USD5.2 million NASA grant to study weather for drones
US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a team of Oklahoma State University researchers USD5.2 million over the next four years to study
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UAV Navigation and Sagetech Avionics collaborate to develop sense and avoid capability
UAV Navigation has established a strategic alliance with Sagetech Avionics in order to integrate Sagetech’s MX family of transponders with UAV Navigation’s flight control system
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ACI Europe launches ConOps and guidance document for airport drone operations
ACI Europe has launched its Drones in the Airport Environment – Concept of Operations and Industry Guidance document, which outlines the regulatory and operational procedures
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UK research company Blue Bear demonstrates drone swarm at a test site in the North West of England
UK research company Blue Bear Systems Research reports successful demonstration of a fully autonomous suite of multiple drone swarm assets, under Beyond Visual Line of
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Oklahoma BVLOS flight tests Vigilant detect-and-avoid capabilities
Vigilant Aerospace provided its FlightHorizon detect-and-avoid and airspace management system to enable beyond visual line-of-sight capabilities for a demonstration flight of Oklahoma State University’s (OSU)
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EHang “to start autonomous aerial vehicle operations” in Hezhou by end of 2020
EHang Holdings Limited has announced its intention to build the world’s first autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) hub (or “E-port”) in the City of Hezhou in
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Zipline pioneers autonomous, long-range drone deliveries into urban areas
According to cnbc.com, Zipline, a Silicon Valley-based drone delivery service, is helping government officials in Ghana to monitor the spread of covid-19 by delivering test samples
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Drone Delivery Canada secures patent for drone routeing system in busy skies
Drone Delivery Canada has announced that on April 21, 2020, the United States Patent Office granted DDC Patent 10,625,879 which covers aspects of DDC’s drone
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European Defence Agency selects AERTEC Solutions to assess safe termination of RPAS flights
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has awarded a consortium led by AERTEC Solutions in partnership with GMV a contract to assess the safe autonomous flight
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