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Altitude Angel, a global UTM (unmanned traffic management) provider, has announced that it is to launch the world’s first ‘just culture’ reporting system for drone pilots and operators. Emulating the approach already successfully established in manned aviation, where Mandatory Occurrence Report (MOR) and Voluntary Occurrence Reports (VOR) are submitted
Business
Altitude Angel, a global unmanned traffic management (UTM) technology provider, and DroneShield Ltd , a global provider for drone detection and mitigation, have announced a partnership. Altitude Angel enables airport operators, among others, to integrate unmanned vehicles into their controlled airspace. Its traffic management system, GuardianUTM, (offering automated approvals to fly
Software
Based on the existing UgCS drone mission-planning software, the new Command & Control solution has been developed for efficient drone integration in search & rescue (SAR), police and security operations. Urgent missions involving multiple drones demand concerted action masterminded from a single command centre where all video streams, 3D maps,
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Drone delivery service Project Wing (or just Wing as it’s now called) recently won governmental approval to operate in the suburbs outside the Australian capital, Canberra. There, its service delivers food, coffee, pet supplies and more to area residents. Related to these efforts, Wing this week launched a new
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Paragon VTOL Aerospace, a global vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft provider for numerous industries, has adopted solutions from Siemens Digital Industries Software for its product development process. Paragon produces industry-specific drone hardware ranging from security applications for agricultural theft and commuter law adherence to human passenger drones. Paragon is
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Researchers at Cranfield University have developed a smartphone app which can connect with off-the-shelf drones and send them to autonomously inspect multiple locations using coordinates received by SMS text message. Controlling drones in this way could be useful for a variety of applications in the future including the collection of
C-UAS
CerbAir, a European manufacturer of Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) solutions, and AirMap, a global airspace intelligence platform for drones, have announced their collaboration to provide integrated, comprehensive solutions for low-altitude airspace safety and security. Following the worldwide growth in the use of UAS, or drones, there has been a significant
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Dronecloud, a drone management software company, has announced the launch of its Drone Management, cloud-based software platform. The platform can halve project overheads by simplifying end-to-end workflow. It integrates all drone operations, from client communications to flight planning and it automatically creates a regulation-compliant audit trail through partnerships with global
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TruWeather Solutions, Inc., a micro weather data and analytics company successfully raised a Series Seed investment from Kluz Ventures, through its The Flying Object and The Next Impact funds. This investment will fuel the enhancement and market penetration of its first product, TruFliteUAS. TruFliteUAS is a micro weather data and
Patents
A Navy scientist has re-engineered the software that allows long-endurance drones to powerlessly climb into the sky on bubbles of warm air. In a U.S. patent application published on May 2, Aaron Kahn, an engineer working on the Autonomous Locator of Thermals (ALOFT) project at the Naval Research Laboratory,
Testing
The AirMap team has also been busy with several exciting drone demonstration projects throughout the United States. AirMap was selected recently as a program partner for both NASA’s TCL4 trials in Texas and Nevada as well as the FAA’s UAS Traffic Management Pilot Program (UPP) at Virginia Tech.
Business
American Aerospace Technologies, Inc. (AATI), a provider of real-time remote sensing and airborne intelligence services for enterprise, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sky Scape Industries, LLC (SSI) an industry leading unmanned technology service-provider. SSI’s services are widely used by critical infrastructure operators in the