The Heron TP unmanned air vehicles that Germany will lease from Airbus Defence & Space and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will be operated from an Israeli air base. German crews will also be trained at the Israeli air force site, according to the commander of the service’s UAV academy – identified only as Lt Col S. Continue reading
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NASA Selects Three Aeronautics Teams to Explore an Autonomous Future
Three teams of NASA researchers who have dreamed up potential solutions for pieces of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) puzzle have received the nod to officially begin formal feasibility studies of their concepts. Continue reading
NTT to Launch Drone Traffic Management Software
NTT DATA Corporation has announced the launch of the “airpalette UTM” software package in October 2017. This software package consists of an “FOS” (Flight Operation System) drone operation control function for businesses that use drones and a “UTM core” (UAS Traffic Management core) unmanned aircraft traffic management function for airspace managers. Continue reading
MasterFly Long Endurance Mapping Drone
Trigger Composites designs and manufactures unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for a wide range of industries, including the mining sector. Founded in 2006 in Poland, the company aims to provide high-quality products that meet client requirements cost-effectively. Continue reading
White Paper: Dysfunction in UAS Regulatory Safety Decision Making – Analysis and a New Paradigm
In this paper by Suzette Matthews, Esq. and Frank L. Frisbie, P.E., the authors postulate that the absence of an articulated paradigm and decisional standards for determining whether a particular UAS operation will be “reasonably safe” for performance over the non-consenting public is the most significant barrier to certification/operating approval for commercial UAS. Continue reading
HAZON Updates Drone Management System
HAZON Solutions, a drone inspection services company, announced the launch of the latest version of the HAZON Drone Management System (HAZON DMS). Only four weeks after the initial release, HAZON has added two new features, Lessons Learned and Incident Reporting, further promoting safety and FAA compliance for drone operations. Continue reading
Thales Programmes Spy’Ranger Delivery to France
Thales will deliver the first batch of Spy’Ranger fixed-wing mini unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) to the French armament procurement agency Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) late in 2018, the company’s product line manager of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Pascal Sécretin told Jane’s on 30 May. Continue reading
NASA’s TCL2 UAS/UTM BVLOS Tests Successful at Reno
Carbon Autonomous Systems of Reno, NV in conjunction with their partner SmartPlanes of Skellefteå, Sweden, successfully took part in the planning, coordination and flying in the most recent TCL2 NASA / NIAS UAS/UTM exercises conducted at the Reno Stead airport UAS Test Range portion of the Nevada FAA UAS statewide test complex. Continue reading