AFWERX, the US Air Force innovation unit, has awarded a contract to Lighthouse Avionics to scale its AI-driven Virtual Control Tower (VCT). Lighthouse Avionics will
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Canada starts testing open-source, decentralised UTM concept in iART-OE trial
The iART Alliance has announced the launch of the Alberta RTM Trials – Operational Evaluation (iART-OE), a Canadian initiative designed to evaluate remotely piloted aircraft systems
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Drone operations involving bunker tanker vessels completed in Singapore
Skyports Drone Services has completed Singapore’s first Shore-to-Ship beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone deliveries and collections of bunker fuel samples to and from
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Project ULTRA secures additional funding as regular flights begin
North Dakota Senator John Hoeven has secured an agreement in principle with the Department of Defense (DoD) to increase the contract ceiling for Project ULTRA
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Blip receives FAA waiver for DFR operations in California
Blip Industries has been granted a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) waiver from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), for Drone as First
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U-ELCOME U-space implementation handbook team holds final meeting
The team responsible for the U-ELCOME DSD Project’s U-space Implementation Handbook has announced that a closing meeting took place at the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub recently.
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EUROCAE invites stakeholders to digital standards workshop to shape future practices
EUROCAE is to host a digital standards workshop. The one-day event on 9 September for members and stakeholders will focus on shaping the future of
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Eurocontrol publishes summary, presentations from recent U-space stakeholders’ meeting
Eurocontrol has published a summary and presentation download from the meeting of European Network of U-Space Stakeholders which took place on 25 June 2025 in
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Denmark’s transport minister “wants to give ports, airports power to shoot down drones”
Denmark’s Transport Minister Thomas Danielsen wants to give airports and ports permission to shoot down drones that may pose a threat, according to Denmark’s DR
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NATO-backed competition tests cooperation between crisis response drones
From 6-10 July, four teams of seven researchers and professors from universities in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States and Austria challenged each other at
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