The aviation industry has been hard hit by COVID-19 including GE Aviation which encountered significant financial challenges in 2020 due to COVID-19 and expects a slower industry recover overall. Given this, GE Aviation is no longer able to support AiRXOS going forward and will close AiRXOS operations on February 1, 2021. However, GE Aviation is…
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Defining Upper Class E Operations Upper Class E airspace operations refer to those that take place over 60,000 feet above mean sea level (MSL) in the National Airspace System (NAS). Operations in upper Class E airspace have historically been limited due to the challenges faced by conventional fixed wing aircraft in reduced atmospheric density. However,…
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The U.S. – China tech war has had major implications for the commercial drone industry. Now, AirForce veteran and aerospace attorney Dawn Zoldi of P3 Tech Consulting explains the impact of the latest development, an Executive Order signed on January 5, 2021. Written by Dawn M.K. Zoldi, Guest Contributor* Additional shots have been fired in…
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A patent for Remote ID systems has been granted to Kenji Sugahara: Drone Advisory Committee member, CEO/President of the Drone Service Providers Alliance, and CEO of Oregon-based Ariascend drone research and development company. By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill With the Federal Aviation Administration’s recent release of the final rule on Remote Identification of Unmanned…
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Reunion Island, January 2021: FLY-R SAS unveiled its new corporate image, logo andwebsite. The presentation includes several new FLY-R projects such as the R2-HSTD.The aerodynamics formula of the rhomboidal wing is a technology breakthrough and waslargely proven by FLY-R on its R2-150 and R2-240 UAVs. It has now been extended to new models of UAVs…
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By Skyports Head of Technology, Jef Geudens In multiple countries, the pandemic has accelerated the usage of drones for medical logistics purposes. The UK government has recognised the potential that drones bring to the NHS and has decided to fast-track several Beyond-Visual-Line-Of-Sight (BVLOS) medical drone delivery projects in support of the COVID-19 relief effort. Earlier…
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Are you innovating technology that requires positioning, navigation or time to be accurate, reliable and available at all times? As GPS/GNSS jamming and spoofing threats are increasing globally, new technologies are emerging for secure GNSS-based Positioning, Navigation and Time, or PNT solutions. Recently, the US Coast Guard issued a new warning to all mariners, alerting to the multiple instances of…
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Skydio, the leading U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight, today announced that Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has appointed Adam Bry, the Co-Founder and CEO of Skydio, to serve a two-year term on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). Adam’s appointment comes at a critical time for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) industry as…
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Persistent Systems, LLC (“Persistent”), a leader in mobile ad hoc networking (MANET), announced today that leading autonomous and unmanned vehicle technologies provider Robotic Research has joined the Wave Relay® Ecosystem, an industry alliance of sensor and unmanned system companies that all utilize Persistent’s Wave Relay® mobile ad hoc network. “The aim of the Wave Relay…
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.(GA-ASI) completed the first Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) High Frequency (HF) Command and Control (C2) demonstration for an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The HF C2 capability does not require a Satellite Communications (SATCOM) link and is capable of providing BLOS connectivity up to 8,000 miles, depending on transmit power and…
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