North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT’s) Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program (IPP) has launched an emergency drone logistics operation in partnership with Zipline and
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Transport Canada seeks proposals for RPAS traffic management services (UTM) testing
Transport Canada is seeking proposals from innovators that will help set the requirements for, and the deployment of services needed for Canada’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft
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“Magnetic interference from railway cables caused drone crash” – UK AAIB report
Magnetic interference caused by overhead railway cables led to the crash of an Aerialtronics Altura Zenith ATX8 in October 2019, according to a recently-released UK
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“Rare opportunity for airports to expand BVLOS drone operations” – Altitude Angel ATM Head
Airports have a rare opportunity to expand beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations during the pandemic according to Altitude Angel’s Head of ATM
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Helicus Aero Initiative targets integration of manned and unmanned operations in the healthcare sector by 2023
The Helicus Aero Initiative (HAI) launched in 2016 is developing an ecosystem to support aerial logistics solutions for the healthcare sector. To realise the goal
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NASA releases initial concept of operations for high altitude airspace traffic management
US National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA) Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI) has released an initial concept of operations (ConOps V1) and associated operational requirements for cooperative
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“Bringing drone operations into perspective” – new survey
By Peter van Blyenburgh “Global UAS OPS” is now online. This is an international survey on drone operations (current & upcoming) and is available in
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Three new full members join GUTMA: AltBird Robotics, D3 Technologies, and skeyes
The Global Unmanned Traffic Management Association (GUTMA) has welcomed three new full members. They include a provider of drone services, AltBird Robotics; engineering company D3
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“COVID-19 has increased drone technology investment and sped regulatory action” – Canaccord white paper
A Q2/20 follow-on report released by global investment bank Canaccord Genuity says the drone ecosystem will grow as a result of COVID-19, reports UAS Vision.
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Germany’s Droniq now supports long-range drone flights and offers integrated insurance
Droniq, Germany’s UTM joint-venture company owned by DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) and Deutsche Telekom AG – has launched “the first fully operational traffic management
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