Airbus UTM shares the insights of its second, more technical paper, ‘Fairness in Decentralized Strategic Deconfliction in UTM’. The paper, published at the AIAA SciTech Forum, simulates the fairness implications of a commonly proposed approach to strategic deconfliction. Continue reading
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What Happened to Giant Flying Boats? Saunders-Roe Princess Story
The rapid development of aircraft in the 1920’s and 1930’s far outpaced the development of aviation infrastructure to support them. Runways, even by the late 1930’s, were rare and often little more than an open grass field, useful only for the smallest and lightest of airplanes. Continue reading
Numerica & Liteye to Demo C-AUDS at AUSA Global Force Symposium
Numerica Corp. and Liteye Systems will showcase the C-AUDS (Containerized Anti-UAS Defense System) C-UAS system, complete with live demos of the operator’s station, at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Global Force Symposium & Exposition, March 17-19 in Huntsville, Alabama. Continue reading
New Matternet Docking Station Unveiled
Matternet, developer of a world-wide drone logistics platform, has unveiled the new Matternet Station. The Matternet Station supports the company’s vision of distributed, peer-to-peer drone logistics networks for urban environments. Continue reading
Altitude Angel UTM Platform in Trials in Lyon, France
Altitude Angel, a world-wide UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) technology provider, has been selected by France ANSP DNSA to take part in a nationwide, U-space pre-operational program. Continue reading
Orbital UAV Appointed Primary Engine Supplier to Insitu
Orbital Corporation Ltd has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Insitu Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, designating Orbital UAV as the primary supplier of two Insitu designed engines. Continue reading
USAF Changes Medical Standards for RPA pilots

A remotely piloted aircraft student pilot, operates an MQ-9 flight simulator for training at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Dec. 10, 2019. The 49th Wing is the largest formal training unit for MQ-9 RPA pilots and sensor operators
The US Air Force has approved changes to medical standards for remotely piloted aircraft pilots, which went into effect February 28. Continue reading
Draganfly Develops Drone Based Solution for Landmine Detection
Draganfly Inc. announced it has been selected by Windfall Geotek and has entered into a letter of intent with Windfall Geotek, to help develop an Artificial Intelligence driven unmanned aerial systems solution for landmine detection in the defense, humanitarian, and other sectors which the companies have expertise in. Continue reading




