Swift Engineering has announced its Japanese Subsidiary, Swift Xi, signed an agreement with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in a project called “Digital
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Amazon drone delivery services among sectors affected by company redundancy policy
Amazon’s plans to lay off 18,000 workers across the company including retail activities have knock-on effects on Amazon’s drone delivery programme, says a report by
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DroneSec reports 60% increase in drone incidents in 2022 compared with 2021
Drone threat intelligence company DroneSec has published a review of major drone incidents recorded in 2022, compared with incidents in 2021. According to the report:
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Inmarsat launches compact satellite terminal to support UAV datalink communications
Inmarsat and the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced the development of a compact satellite terminal for Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as part of the
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Open Skies Cornwall programme testing drone operations in Falmouth harbour
Earlier this month, the Open Skies Cornwall consortium announced it had made its first drone flight in an urban environment as part of a UK
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World first: autonomous, multiple BVLOS urban drone flights take off in Israel
Israeli drone operator FlyTech IL, part of the Aerodrome Group (TASE: ARDM) together with their strategic partner FlightOps Ltd, have started a one-week operational trial
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Skyroads-led consortium progresses AAM technology testing site at Augsburg Airport
Skyroads AG has started equipping its automated flight test site at Augsburg Airport. The Munich-based company and its partners are developing a large-scale real-life laboratory
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Hidden Level and Saab progressing FAA UAS detection and mitigation research
Hidden Level, Inc. reports it continues to support the FAA’s Airport Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Detection and Mitigation Research Program, both independently and as a partner
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Sagetech announces integration of Echoflight radar to support BVLOS operations
Sagetech Avionics has announced a successful integration with Echodyne’s EchoFlight radar for aircraft seeking type certification/airworthiness with BVLOS CONOPS. According to a Sagetech company press release: “Sagetech
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“uAvionix receives FAA approval for BVLOS drone flights within the Vantis programme”
Thales reports that its partner uAvionix has received approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) unmanned aircraft flights on Vantis, North
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