ATM ModernizationAirMap's Expansion, From Honeywell Hardware to International LAANC Unmanned traffic management (UTM) platform provider AirMap has been busy this week. It's developing a drone tracking device with Honeywell, collaborating with Fortem on a geofencing UTM service and just announced plans…
RegulationDJI: Drone Tracking Must Balance Operator Privacy and Public Safety Chinese drone-maker DJI, which holds a 70 percent market share in the worldwide civil drone market, advocates a local-broadcast identification solution to the issue of integrating unmanned systems into global airspace. Local-broadcast…
RegulationIPP Drones Aiding in Arrests for California Police Department Chula Vista, California Police Department drones have contributed to 14 arrests in the four months they have been in use as part of the FAA's Integration Pilot Program (IPP). Started last year,…
ATM ModernizationEchodyne Supporting Northern Plains UTM Testing of BVLOS Capability Radar-maker Echodyne will partner with North Dakota's Northern Plains UAS Test Site as part of the next phase of the UAS Pilot Program (UPP), one of the FAA's endeavors testing the feasibility…
RegulationGoogle's Wing, AirMap and KittyHawk Team on Remote ID, UTM Three major UAS service suppliers (USS), Google's Wing, AirMap and Kittyhawk, have teamed up to develop a distributed network for the remote identification of drones. Called InterUSS, the solution allows agencies, companies…
ATM ModernizationFAA's New Unmanned Traffic Management System in Testing The FAA is undertaking a research initiative with partners including Harris Corporation, the University of North Dakota and the Northern Plains UAS Test Site to explore the implementation and operation of unmanned…
ATM ModernizationIllegal Drone Use Grounds Gatwick Air Traffic Ahead of Christmas A United Kingdom law went into effect last July 30 that makes it a crime punishable by up to five years in jail to fly a drone within one kilometer of an…
CommercialThe Secret Sauce Supporting NORAD's Santa Tracker Tracking Santa's route isn't as simple as drawing a line that connects the cities of the world; His sleigh has a weight to it, it has a maximum climb rate, it has…
ATM ModernizationLive in London: Demonstration Integrates Unmanned Traffic into Active Airspace The integration of unmanned traffic into London's airspace was tested last month in a large-scale endeavor dubbed Operation Zenith. A collaboration including air navigation service provider NATS, Manchester Airport, Altitude Angel, Frequentis,…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon Enabling Urban Air Traffic with Skyler Radar Companies including Amazon, Uber and UPS are relying on the assumption that in the near future they will be able to safely fly aircraft through densely populated cities. Whether ferrying people or…