County Durham, in the North East of the UK, has joined the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Initiative, part of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart
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DHS and Sandia Labs exploring cameras and artificial intelligence for drone detection
Cameras and machine learning technologies are helping the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and Sandia National Laboratories create more precise drone detection
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UK government and industry to invest UKP125 million in drones, autonomy and UAM
UK government Business Secretary Greg Clark is announcing today a new joint government-Industry aerospace sector deal to develop ‘Future Flight’ through the next generation of
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NUAIR trials new airborne collision avoidance system for small UAS
Unmanned Systems Technology reports that the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) has announced the successful demonstration of a new Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) for
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Wing announces it will start drone deliveries in Finland in early 2019
Wing, an Alphabet company, has announced it will launch a drone delivery service in Finland in spring of 2019, the first Wing operation in Europe.
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Swiss Post to start BVLOS inter-hospital drone delivery flights from 10 December
From 10 December, drones will transport laboratory samples on behalf of Swiss Post from University Hospital Zurich (USZ) to the Irchel campus at the University
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AirMap “supports Mexican regulators in facilitating authorized drone flights”
The General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) and Mexico City are working with AirMap to facilitate drone-pilot access information on flight rules and restricted areas.
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ANRA Technologies joins UK’s UTM architecture design project
ANRA Technologies has announced that it has signed a contract for the UK UAS Traffic Management (UTM) programme under the governance of the Transport Systems Catapult
Read moreJay Merkle is the new head of FAA UAS integration
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced Earl Lawrence’s promotion to the Agency’s Executive Director for Aircraft Certification. Lawrence was previously Executive Director for
Read moreDrone industry in India takes off with launch of registration, authorisation portal
On 1 December, the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation launched its Digital Sky Platform – to start the process of registering drones, pilots, and operators
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