Speaking to the transport committee of the European Parliament at the start of September, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) executive director Patrick Ky urged all
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Northwest UAV Flight, Analysis, & System Test (FAST) range completes first test flight
Northwest UAV’s Flight, Analysis, and System Test (FAST) UAV Range in Oregon completed its inaugural flight on 4 September when a quadrotor supplied by Klein
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SAFIR research programme demonstrates integrated drone traffic management
Belgium air navigation service provider (ANSP) skeyes reports that the U-space SAFIR consortium, a group of 13 public and private organisations, has hosted an open
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Kansas UAS pilot program commences beyond line of sight flights
The Kansas Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) team is starting several months of tests using Applied Aeronautics’ fixed wing Albratross drone to
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uAvionics offers free ADS-B receivers for Hurricane Dorian rescue efforts
uAvionics is offering its pingRX Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) receivers free to first responders and UAS service organizations participating in rescue and recovery
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JARUS publishes regulatory categories for UAS operations
The Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS) has published the JARUS UAS Operational Categorisation document on the RPAS website to define the level
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SteelRock Technologies expands NightFighter counter-drone family
SteelRock Technologies is exhibiting its man-portable NightFighter Counter-UAV effector systems at DSEI 10-13 September in London. The equipment is designed to mitigate all modes of
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“FAA successful UPP demonstrations now provide basis for initial UTM deployment”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports that NASA, the FAA and partners in a pilot program laying the groundwork for an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
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VUTURA completes final U-space demonstration in the Netherlands
The final demonstration in the SESAR U-space project Validation of U-space by tests in urban and rural areas (VUTURA) took place on August 29th in
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Altitude Angel launches incident reporting system for drone operators
Altitude Angel has responded to a need for ‘Just Culture’ reporting within the drone community by launching an anonymous web portal. The current incident report
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