The UAS Test Site (Droneport) is scheduled to open in the end of 2021. At the moment Droneport is under construction, but it is already possible to take advantage of some of its features like, for example, test lab for UAVs. Continue reading
Category Archives: Test Ranges
Denmark to Establish First U-Space Flight this Year
Denmark will begin establishing U-space this year following an ambitious partnership announced today between the country’s air navigation service provider, public authorities and international UAS test center. Continue reading
Aurora Flight Sciences Gets $7M DARPA CRANE Contract
Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., Manassas, Virginia, has been awarded a $7,115,128 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) program. Continue reading
QinetiQ Australia to Design and Construct Queensland UAS Flight Test Range
QinetiQ Australia has been awarded a contract to design and construct a $14.5 million unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flight test range (FTR) on behalf of the Queensland Government. Continue reading
First African Drone and Data Academy Opens in Malawi
The first African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) opened on January 13 in Lilongwe, Malawi, UNICEF announced. Continue reading
$9M to Create Skydome at Griffiss International Airport
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the 23rd proposal of his 2020 State of the State agenda – investing $9 million to establish a small unmanned aerial system, or sUAS, experimentation and test facility at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, Oneida County. Continue reading
Governor Cuomo Announces Completion of 50-Mile Drone Corridor
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the completion of the state supported 50-mile unmanned traffic management drone corridor, which runs from Central New York to the Mohawk Valley. The first-in-the-nation corridor is the most advanced drone testing corridor in the nation. Continue reading
Canada’s RPAS Community at TECH DEMO 2
Once again this year, nearly 150 players in the aeronautics industry met at the CED for the second edition of TECH DEMO, where the remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) community get together to share technological advances. Continue reading