UnmannedDrone Company to Launch Small Urgent Package Delivery in Ireland This week, Manna Drone Delivery is planning to launch commercial operations of its custom-developed aerospace grade drones. The company claims it is the largest drone delivery operation in Europe, and has raised…
UnmannedU.K. Government-Sponsored Trials Demonstrate Safe Tracking of BVLOS Drone Operations Aviation technology company Neuron performed a set of drone trials sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) of the U.K. Government. These trials were performed in Scotland in…
ATM ModernizationDroneUp Acquires AirMap’s Unmanned Traffic Management Service Aviation technology provider DroneUp recently announced its acquisition of AirMap, Inc., the digital airspace and automation company. AirMap offers an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) service which will benefit DroneUp’s network…
ATM ModernizationNew Report Finds Problems with FAA Unmanned Traffic Management Effort A Jan. 28 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management ecosystem (UTM) lacks information on how progress is measured and adequate communication…
RegulationFAA, NASA UAS Demonstrations Mark End of UTM Pilot Program The second phase of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management pilot program (UTM/UPP) ended with testing demonstrations in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)…
Air TaxiBringing Non-Cooperative Drone Traffic into UTM Solutions The drone industry and regulators agree that remote identification, once implemented, will be a key enabler of greater airspace integration — but not the full solution. In addition to terrain, localized weather…
Air TaxiFive Companies and NUAIR Begin Work on UTM Contingency Management A team of companies received $1.6 million from the Federal Aviation Administration to build and test their Contingency Management Platform at the New York Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site at Griffiss…
ATM ModernizationFAA Partners with Swiss Authority to Advance, Harmonize Drone Integration Efforts The Federal Aviation Administration signed an agreement to work with the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) on standards surrounding the safe use and integration of unmanned aircraft into civilian airspace,…
ATM ModernizationSatellite Connectivity to Enable New ’Pop-Up UTM’ Service for Drones Inmarsat and Altitude Angel are collaborating on a new approach to surveillance that they describe as ‘Pop-Up UTM’ (Unmanned Traffic Management), which could serve as a catalyst for enabling more beyond visual…
Air TaxiWhat Will 5G Bring to the Aviation Industry? A range of new communications technologies are included up in the term ‘5G,’ including new radio access technology and antennas operating in the low, mid and high bands of the radiofrequency spectrum,…