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Reliable Long-Range Multi-Link Communication for BVLOS UAS SAR Operations
Researchers at the TU Dortmund University have just published a 22-page paper which addresses the challenges of UAS usage in maritime SAR scenarios which lie in the remote control as well as the real-time exchange of acquired information like sensor data, videos, and images. Abstract With the increasing availability of
UAM/UTM
Altitude Angel Launches Surveillance API
Altitude Angel, a world-wide UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) technology provider, is making available a surveillance API which will allow integrators to both share and receive flight data from a variety of sensors and devices in near real-time, providing a truly comprehensive real-time picture of the airspace. The surveillance API provides
Software
Altitude Angel Launches Surveillance API
Altitude Angel, a world-wide UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) technology provider, is making available a surveillance API which will allow integrators to both share and receive flight data from a variety of sensors and devices in near real-time, providing a truly comprehensive real-time picture of the airspace. The surveillance API provides
Business
AeroVironment Gets $76M US Army Switchblade Contract
AeroVironment Inc, Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $75,930,901 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price) contract to procure the Switchblade Weapon System. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, California, with an estimated completion date of April 29, 2023. Fiscal 2019
Weapons Systems / Lasers
AeroVironment Gets $76M US Army Switchblade Contract
AeroVironment Inc, Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $75,930,901 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price) contract to procure the Switchblade Weapon System. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, California, with an estimated completion date of April 29, 2023. Fiscal 2019
Accidents
Runaway Drone Closes Riga Airport
The airspace over Riga International Airport has been closed due to a lost and possibly still uncontrolled drone flying in Latvian airspace, Minister of Transport Talis Linkaits (New Conservative Party) announced. The airport's spokeswoman Laura Karnite told LETA that because of the closure of the airspace, a flight
Commercial
Runaway Drone Closes Riga Airport
The airspace over Riga International Airport has been closed due to a lost and possibly still uncontrolled drone flying in Latvian airspace, Minister of Transport Talis Linkaits (New Conservative Party) announced. The airport's spokeswoman Laura Karnite told LETA that because of the closure of the airspace, a flight
UAM/UTM
AirMap Offers Platform for US Air Force Agility Prime
AirMap is offering its autonomous aircraft digital airspace management system for the US Air Force's (USAF's) Agility Prime electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) procurement effort. Ben Marcus, chairman and co-founder of the Santa Monica, California-based software company, told Jane's on 29 April that
Software
AirMap Offers Platform for US Air Force Agility Prime
AirMap is offering its autonomous aircraft digital airspace management system for the US Air Force's (USAF's) Agility Prime electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) procurement effort. Ben Marcus, chairman and co-founder of the Santa Monica, California-based software company, told Jane's on 29 April that
First Responders
EHang in Flood Emergency Response Exercise in China
EHang Holdings Limited announced that it participated in a flood emergency response exercise recently organized by the local government in Shaoguan, China. EHang fully demonstrated the efficiency, automation, and centralized management of its AAV technology in an emergency application by exercising large-scale and centralized AAV operations. This demonstration further promotes
Commercial
EHang in Flood Emergency Response Exercise in China
EHang Holdings Limited announced that it participated in a flood emergency response exercise recently organized by the local government in Shaoguan, China. EHang fully demonstrated the efficiency, automation, and centralized management of its AAV technology in an emergency application by exercising large-scale and centralized AAV operations. This demonstration further promotes