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Vertiport Testbed for UAM Testing Launches in Paris by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Images courtesy Volocopter Groupe ADP, Skyports and Volocopter have together commissioned Europe’s premier fully integrated vertiport terminal for the urban air mobility (UAM) industry at the Groupe ADP, RATP Group and Choose Paris Region-run Re.Invent …

CC BY-SA 3.0 PG&E Obtains California-wide BVLOS Waiver by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Public safety and critical infrastructure UAS consulting group Skyfire Consulting announced that it has successfully assisted Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) in acquiring a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waiver under a Part 107 …

G B_NZ, CC BY-SA 2.0 Altitude Angel Partners with Mopiens for UTM Deployment in South Korea by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Unified Traffic Management (UTM) technology provider Altitude Angel has announced that Mopiens, Inc. and Synerex, Inc. have joined its Global Partnership Programme. Continue reading below, or listen: …

FlytBase and Iris Automation Partner for Safe Automated BVLOS Drone-in-a-Box Operations by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Continue reading below, or listen: Enterprise drone autonomy platform provider FlytBase has announced a partnership with safety avionics technology leader Iris Automation that will see the integration of FlytBase’s FlytNow with Iris …

From Zipline Drone Industry Insights (DRONEII) has named this year’s top drone service providers. Continue reading below, or listen: Winners were divided into two categories.   “…to rank the best drone service companies in the world, we used the size, growth and public attention as reference to determine companies’ performance,” …

Don’t miss Five-Alpha on Dawn of Drones this week, Wednesday November 16 at 11:00 AM EST! Stream below: Rex Alexander, President and CEO of 5-alpha joins Dawn this week on the Dawn of Drones podcast, we continue our “Global Industry Leaders” month, sponsored by MissionGO. Infrastructure will build out the …

Higher, Farther and Safer: AURA Network Systems Enables Autonomous Aviation in Controlled Airspace By: Dawn Zoldi (Colonel, USAF Ret.) They say communication is key. This adage applies not only to life in general, but also to integrating uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) into the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). Continue reading …

 Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) has been chosen by AFWERX for an SBIR Phase II contract to further develop the HAMR: AAC’s Hybrid Advanced Multi-Rotor Uncrewed Aerial System. Continue reading below, or listen: HAMR’s multi-rotor configuration and distributed electric propulsion system give the aircraft outstanding flight endurance.  In addition, HAMR can …

Volatus Aerospace Closes Acquisition of Synergy Aviation and iRed Remote Sensing by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, Volatus Aerospace announced that it has finalized its acquisitions of Synergy Aviation of Edmonton Alberta, which was first announced on October 13, 2022, and of iRed Remote Sensing of Emsworth, England, …

Fruity Chutes Drone Parachute Recovery System Part of the Matternet M2 System that Earned First Non-Military FAA Type Certification by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Fruity Chutes, the leading parachute recovery systems provider for UAS, announced its partnership with Matternet in earning an FAA Type Certification. Continue reading below, …