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Nearly 70% of Indian Airspace Now Open for Compliant Drones

Nearly 70% of India’s airspace has been greenlit for compliant drones to fly in, as of August 15, said Amber Dubey, Joint Secretary at the Civil Aviation Ministry, and head of the drones division. Drones compliant with the “no permission, no takeoff” (NPNT) protocol will be able to fly in airspaces demarcated as green (free airspace) and yellow zones (controlled airspace). Continue reading

FIRST iZ Partners with KnackForge

FIRST iZ (pronounced ‘eyes’), a patent-pending unmanned aerial system (UAS) allowing drones to be dispatched autonomously by 911 operators, announced that it has partnered with Tyler, TX-based KnackForge to create control systems hardware and software for its FIRST Port and its launch ecosystem. Continue reading

Rheinmetall’s New Mobile Air Defense System

https://youtu.be/-NCyYVSEp2s

Rheinmetall published the video of its mobile ground based air defense (GBAD) system, called the Oerlikon Skyranger 35 – a new air defence system, which can be deployed against air targets at short and very short ranges and against ground targets. Continue reading

DJI Slashes Staff and Becomes More China-Centric

DJI’s flagship store in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 8, 2020

Chinese drone giant SZ DJI Technology has been making sweeping cuts to its global sales and marketing teams as it faces coronavirus headwinds and mounting political pressure in key markets, current and former staff told Reuters. Continue reading

Buena Vista, Colorado Approves Drone Park

The town of Buena Vista, Colorado, has approved a concept for an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/drone) flying park . The drone park will be divided into four zones based on activity with areas for basic training, qualification operations, obstacle navigation and racing events. The proposal was put forward by the Central Colorado UAS Club. Continue reading