Project GOF 2.0 Integrated Urban Airspace is designed to demonstrate how drone traffic and air taxis can be succesfully integrated with manned aircraft in Europe. A series of test flights in Austria last month marked a milestone for the project, highlighting the need for integration between drone traffic control …
Read More »Matternet’s Type Certification – DRONELIFE
Matternet M2 Drone Delivery System First to Achieve FAA Type Certification The drone industry learned of Matternet’s type certification in a surprise announcement by David Boulter, FAA Associate Administrator (Acting) Aviation Safety, during the Commercial UAV Expo Keynotes earlier this week. The type certification is the first of it’s kind …
Read More »New FAA Administrator Phil Washington
Phil Washington in 2015, by Eric Garcetti, CC BY 2.0 President Biden has appointed Phil Washington to be the new FAA Administrator. Continue reading below, or listen: If approved by the Senate, Washington will step into the position vacated by Steve Dickson at the end of March, roughly halfway through …
Read More »AERIUM on Dawn of Drones June 8
Don’t miss AERIUM on Dawn of Drones, Wednesday June 8 at 11:00 AM EST. Stream below! We continue our “Emerging Industry Leaders” month sponsored by the Sonoran Desert Institute with Carahsoft Partner, Aerium Analytics, a multi-disciplined drone solutions company based in Calgary, Alberta conducting operations across Canada and the U.S. …
Read More »ANRA Wins Raytheon Contract for SmartSkies™ Platform
ANRA Wins Raytheon Contract for Airspace Management and Data Services by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby ANRA Technologies will be providing Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI & S) with access to its SmartSkies™ suite of technology solutions as part of a new contract between the two companies. Continue reading …
Read More »Alaska’s First Large Drone Operation from an Airport
University of Alaska Fairbanks Completes Alaska’s First Civilian Large Drone Operation from an International Airport by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Continue reading below or listen: Last Sunday, the University of Alaska Fairbanks flew an unmanned aircraft from the general aviation area of Fairbanks International Airport, marking the first …
Read More »Droniq CEO Jan-Eric Putze on Creating a UAV Ecosystem
At Amsterdam Drone Week, DRONELIFE had the opportunity for an exclusive interview with Jan-Eric Putze, CEO of German UTM company Droniq. Started in 2016 as Connected Drones, a research project of Deutsche Telecom and DFS, Germany’s air navigation service provider, Droniq offers a combination of hardware and software solutions designed …
Read More »New LAANC Providers FAA Opens Application Period
The FAA has announced that the application period for new LAANC providers will open on May 2, 2022. Applicants must have a “mature product at the time of application,” says the announcement. Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) is a major stepping stone in drone integration, taking what was …
Read More »FAA Tests UTM Systems for Drone Integration
Pixabay freely licensed for commercial use In an announcement earlier this month, the FAA announced that they would be moving forward with drone integration and unmnaned traffic management systems. Beginning this spring, FAA tests UTM systems in the field. UTM systems are a critical piece of the full integration of …
Read More »AstraUTM in Finland: Steps Closer to Urban Air Mobility
AstraUTM Deploys UTM in Finland by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Leading UTM solutions provider AstraUTM has announced its second deployment in Finland as a part of the DROLO USP Project for the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. AstraUTM will make use of a USSP instance for …
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