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European UAV manufacturer Aerialtronics has been working with the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) to develop the Interceptor, a system aimed at protecting the public from potential threats resulting from the unlawful use of unmanned aerial vehicles. The move comes as the government recognises that inexpensive remotely piloted aircraft systems
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The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering this Sunday’s Super Bowl game a “no drone zone” in a YouTube video that urges recreational drone users within flying distance of the Glendale, Arizona stadium to “leave your drone at home.” The FAA posted the public service announcement on YouTube Wednesday, kicking
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President Barack Obama has used the crash-landing of a drone at the White House Monday as an opportunity to emphasise the importance of regulating unmanned aircraft. In an interview with CNN, Obama said the remote-controlled quadcopter that caused a brief security scare on Monday was the kind “you buy in
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The Swiss Federation of Civil Drones (SFCD), which has 70 corporate members, has joined UVS International. Consequently, Dominik Jenzer, the SFCD President, now has a seat on the non-executive committee of the UVS International Board of Directors, and represents the SFCD on the European & International RPAS Coordination Councils. UVS
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Novadem, France has unveiled a new positioning technology for RPAS allowing automatic inspection of structures without GPS coverage. The LPS (Local Positioning System) technology, using its own terrestrial beacons and totally independent of satellite coverage, permits, for the first time, to perform fully automatic inspection with centimeter accuracy of structures.
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Poland's Ministry of Defence has launched a tender to acquire 12 sets of middle-range tactical unmanned aerial vehicles and 15 sets of mini-UAVs for the armed forces. The Ministry says it is aiming to significantly boost the military's surveillance capacity. All initial bids are to be
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Russian designers are proceeding with development of an unmanned "sixth-generation" fighter jet, former Air Force chief Pyotr Deinekin said Monday. "The sixth generation of aircraft will most likely be pilotless. Naturally, we are actively working on this, "Deinekin said in an interview with RIA Novosti. Russia
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The French Presidential palace confirmed on Tuesday that an alert was sparked at the Elysée Palace after a drone was seen flying over the building. During the night of Thursday into Friday, a drone was seen flying over the palace for a matter of seconds, prompting alarm among security teams,
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The US Air Force is increasing financial incentives for some remotely piloted aircraft pilots to encourage them to stay in service, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James announced last Thursday. The maximum amount of monthly incentive pay will be increased for RPA pilots in the 18X career field who opt
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A coalition of 10 news media companies, including the Associated Press and the New York Times, announced that it has partnered with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) for the testing of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to gather news. Virginia Tech leads the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership, one
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“In five years, the notion of a drone crashing will be a weird, foreign thing” says Adam Bry, co-founder of drone auto-pilot startup Skydio and founding member of Google’s Project Wing drone delivery project. Skydio connects a drone’s cameras to its flight computer so it can avoid obstacles
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The US Air Force is considering bonus pay to address a major shortage of RPAS pilots, according to officials at Air Combat Command. The demand for remotely piloted aircraft has skyrocketed over the past decade and continues to increase. Since the early 2000s, the number of combat air patrols has