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PDW’s C100 drone approved for Blue UAS List

PDW, an innovator in unmanned aerial systems (UAS), announced that its man-packable and heavy-lift quadcopter, the C100, has received approval for the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Blue UAS program. The Department of Defense (DoD) developed the Blue UAS program to rapidly vet and scale commercial UAS technology. The C100 is a …

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Washington State gets approved for UAS use in wildfire monit…

555 The Washington State Department of Natural Resources received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to use unmanned aerial vehicles in monitoring wildfires that pose an urgent threat. “Use of a UAV can help get real-time information to firefighters on the ground,” said Peter Goldmark, commissioner of Public Lands, earlier …

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EHang Unmanned Aircraft Cloud System approved by the CAAC

EHang Holdings Limited (“EHang” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: EH), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, announced that its EHang Unmanned Aircraft Cloud System (“UACS”) has been officially approved by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (“CAAC”) for UACS trial operations. With the UCAS trial operations approved, …

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uAvionix pingStation drives first ever approved UK CAA ADS-B…

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has formally approved Manchester Barton Aerodrome’s ADS-B Flight Information Display (FID) using the uAvionix pingStation to receive ADS-B position data from aircraft on the ground and flying in the vicinity of the airfield. The low-cost safety system provides real-time position data to air traffic …

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Percepto approved to deploy BVLOS drones for remote operatio…

Percepto, the leading autonomous inspection and monitoring solution provider, on January 6th announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has allowed operators to use Percepto’s drone-in-a-box solution to perform highly automated Beyond Visual Line of Sight (HA BVLOS) inspection and monitoring operations at a large Texas solar power plant. The …

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Matternet’s delivery drone design has been approved by the F…

Matternet has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its Model M2 drone delivery drone design. In a press release, Matternet explains that the Model M2 is the first non-military unmanned aircraft to achieve Type Certification by the FAA, which determines that an aircraft’s design meets regulatory standards. …

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Volatus Group BVLOS Waiver Approved for Censys Sentaero

PENDLETON, Ore. & DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – May 23, 2022 – PRLog — Volatus Group’s UAS training center request to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Site (BVLOS) operations and training at the Pendleton UAS range was approved via a waiver granted by the FAA.   As one of Censys’s …

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Coyote Block 2 counter-drone weapon approved for internation…

TUCSON, Ariz., March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. government has cleared Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) to sell the Coyote® Block 2 counter-drone weapon to approved allied nations as part of the Howler counter-drone system. In 2019, the U.S. Army deployed Howler, a combination of the Ku-band Radio Frequency System …

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World first Google drone delivery approved in Australia

Known as Project Wing, and operated by Google parent Alphabet, food, medicine and more will be delivered to suburbia in airborne style. Project Wing is an ongoing initiative which has been in operation for about 4 years. The suburban deliveries are tied to partnership agreements with local businesses and can …

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