Kylie Bielby

2 days ago | unmannedairspace.info | Philip Butterworth-Hayes |Kylie Bielby

Skypuzzler and Thales have joined forces and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together in the field of uncrewed traffic management (UTM). Skypuzzler’s integrated Digital Air Traffic Control (iDATC) system will be added to Thales’ TopSky portfolioThales’s Topsky AstraUTM offers operator fleet management and mission planning for the strategic and tactical management of airspace.

2 days ago | unmannedairspace.info | Philip Butterworth-Hayes |Kylie Bielby

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is working with the Department for Transport (DfT) to invest up to GBP 3 million in new beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) innovation projects, the UK government announced on May 12. The projects will demonstrate progress towards commercialisation or achievement of routine BVLOS operations with the aim of accelerating the development of the UK drone sector, creating growth and meeting the objectives of the DfT’s Future of Flight programme.

2 days ago | unmannedairspace.info | Philip Butterworth-Hayes |Kylie Bielby

Urban-Air Port (UAP), a specialist in uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) launch infrastructure, has partnered with Drone Evolution, a UK-based provider of First Person View (FPV) and autonomous delivery UAS, to deliver defence capabilities for modern warfare. This collaboration introduces the DBx-A1, a UAS logistics and launch system designed to enable rapid, secure, and scalable deployment of mission-critical drones in contested environments. The DBx-A1 supports both reusable and one-way strike UAS.

2 days ago | unmannedairspace.info | Philip Butterworth-Hayes |Kylie Bielby

NATS Services has published a whitepaper which outlines key learning and recommendations to enable the growth of the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry following the success of Project AMEC – part of UK Research and Innovations Future Flight Challenge. Project AMEC brought together key industry partners to explore how Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) can be safely integrated into UK airspace.

2 days ago | unmannedairspace.info | Philip Butterworth-Hayes |Kylie Bielby

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in collaboration with the US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), has launched a challenge to identify solutions for scalable, cost-effective unmanned aircraft system (UAS) detection, identification, and tracking. DIU says the challenge aims to “enhance the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) counter-UAS (C-UAS) capabilities while addressing cost and scalability limitations associated with traditional radars, optical sensors, and radio frequency detection systems”.