The US Air Force will test Raytheon’s prototype High-Power Microwave (HPM) counter-drone system, designed to disable multiple targets at one time. The HPM system will
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Call for participants to accelerate standards development
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has issued a call for participants for its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative (UASSC) following the UASSC 2019 plenary
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South Korea plans counter-drone system
South Korea’s procurement agency – Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) – plans to invest 88 billion won (USD74 million) in counter-drone technology according to Channel
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UK pathfinder project conducts BVLOS trials in segregated airspace
Partners in a three-year programme coordinated by the UK Education Innovation Collaboration (EIC) have completed the first phase of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS)
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AirMap acquires drone workflow automation company Hangar Technology
US UTM company AirMap has today announced that it has acquired Hangar Technology, a drone workflow automation platform for enterprises. “In acquiring Hangar, AirMap augments
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BVLOS flights next step in Czech U-space programme
Based on the success of Czech U-space services introduced earlier this year under the SmartSky joint initiative, the country is now working towards fully integrated
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Reworking military C-UAS systems for the civil market – DSEI highlights technology advances
By Jenny Beechener Airport operators mulling over the best way to manage drone incursions found an array of solutions to choose from at the biennial
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Wing and partners launch drone delivery service in Christiansburg, Virginia
by Michael Willoughby This fall, Wing, FedEx Express, Walgreens, and local retailer Sugar Magnolia will launch a pilot programme to make drone delivery available to
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New York UAS Symposium discusses progress in UTM service supplier data sharing
NUAIR (Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research) – a New York based nonprofit coalition of private and public entities and academic institutions to provide expertise in
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Stratodynamics UAV flies semi-autonomously through Class A Canadian airspace to 33km
Stratodynamics stratospheric glider HiDRON achieved a flight height of 111,434 ft (33.9 km) in a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) night flight supported by
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