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Yesterday, the SESAR Joint Undertaking published the “European ATM Master Plan: Roadmap for the Safe Integration of Drones into all Classes of Airspace”. This document forms the basis for further integration into the official European ATM Master Plan, which will be formally updated this year under the overall theme of “the digitalisation of aviation infrastructure”, in preparation for the upcoming ICAO Air Navigation Conference. Continue reading
A Cluster of Excellence for drones will be created in the Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec by the leaders of the Unmanned Aerial System Centre of Excellence (UAS CE). Continue reading
SOM-J is an air-to-surface missile to be used against heavily defended, high-value anti-surface warfare and land targets. Continue reading
NATO has approved its first standard for UAS Sense and Avoid: “Guidance on Sense and Avoid for Unmanned Aircraft Systems”, STANREC 4811/AEP-101. The aim of this NATO standard is to provide recommended practices regarding the development of sense and avoid systems that will enable the operation of unmanned aircraft systems in nonsegregated airspace and across borders. Continue reading
Kittyhawk, a supplier of commercial drone operations software, has announced a comprehensive set of new features for its best-in-class platform. Kittyhawk is introducing secure multi-party, multi-channel video and audio streaming, native UAS Facility Maps, new notification and telemetry sharing options with a focus on enhanced security and visibility. Continue reading
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding tests of an automated system that will ultimately provide near real-time processing of airspace authorization requests for unmanned aircraft (UAS) operators nationwide. Continue reading
At UMEX 2018, the International Unmanned Systems exhibition in Abu Dhabi, AirShare presented its Overwatch Interceptor-UX, a new solution to counter UAV using a surface-to-air missile able to create high-persistence countermeasure cloud. AirShare is Canadian-based Company with offices in Canada and the United States established to protect critical infrastructure and people from wayward and malicious UAVs (“drones”). Continue reading
Bryant, Weisler and Stewart (from left to right), with a prototype of the EagleRay
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an unmanned, fixed-wing aircraft that is capable of traveling both through the air and under the water – transitioning repeatedly between sky and sea. The EagleRay XAV, which was developed with funding and assistance from Teledyne Scientific, holds promise for use in applications such as tracking and observing wildlife. Continue reading