The first African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) opened on January 13 in Lilongwe, Malawi, UNICEF announced. Continue reading
Category Archives: Test Ranges
$9M to Create Skydome at Griffiss International Airport
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the 23rd proposal of his 2020 State of the State agenda – investing $9 million to establish a small unmanned aerial system, or sUAS, experimentation and test facility at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, Oneida County. Continue reading
Governor Cuomo Announces Completion of 50-Mile Drone Corridor
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the completion of the state supported 50-mile unmanned traffic management drone corridor, which runs from Central New York to the Mohawk Valley. The first-in-the-nation corridor is the most advanced drone testing corridor in the nation. Continue reading
Canada’s RPAS Community at TECH DEMO 2
Once again this year, nearly 150 players in the aeronautics industry met at the CED for the second edition of TECH DEMO, where the remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) community get together to share technological advances. Continue reading
New York -Israel Partnership to Create UAS Center of Excellence
Interior of one of the available hangars at the Griffiss International Airport
Three Israeli companies will use a new Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Research and Testing Center of Excellence being created in the Mohawk Valley in conjunction with the drone test corridor between Syracuse and Rome, state officials said. Continue reading
Drone Companies Flock to Test Center in Denmark
Next week, drone companies from around the world are heading to Denmark to leverage the country’s unique drone test facilities. Why? It’s one of the few places in the world where drone companies can perform BVLOS flights in urban, rural and coastal areas. Continue reading
OneSky Starts Live UTM Flight Tests at NY UAS Test Site
OneSky, a business unit of Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI), in conjunction with NUAIR (Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research), and Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York, commenced live flight testing in April with the AGI OneSky Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) solution. Continue reading
New York’s 50-Mile BVLOS Corridor
The concept of a $20 million dollar Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) corridor was put in motion after the awarding of FAA-designated Test Site status to Griffiss International Airport in Rome, NY, at the end of 2013. Continue reading