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 →

Gazprom and Hungary’s BHE to Cooperate on UAV Gas Pipeline Monitoring

 

Janos Solymosi and Dmitry Sevastiyanov (foreground), Alexey Miller (background)

Dmitry Sevastiyanov, Director General of Gazprom Space Systems, and Janos Solymosi, Director for S/M & Space of Bonn Hungary Electronics Ltd. (BHE), Member of the Space Generation Advisory Council of Hungary, signed today an Agreement of Cooperation at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2017. 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 →