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Zipline's autonomous delivery aircraft have already flown more than 300,000 commercial missions in selected markets, and the company says it's built a detect-and-avoid system it believes will satisfy regulators and open up many more areas

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Acoustic awareness system could open the floodgates for drone delivery

Zipline has developed and patented an AI-driven safety system it says allows autonomous drones to detect and avoid other aircraft and drones up to 2 km away in all directions, using a light, cheap and robust microphone array. Will it satisfy the FAA?

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Study suggests we're not as terrible at flying drones as you might think

New research is adding some clarity to the reasons behind the rising number of drone incidents, suggesting that more often than not, technical glitches rather than piloting errors are to blame.

Judging by the technology on this list, someone somewhere thinks there’s an anti-drone buck to be had

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Drone-free: 7 ways to fortify your own personal airspace

We’re tech optimists here at New Atlas, and that goes for small-scale unpersoned aerial vehicles. But clearly there’s something about their potential for snoopery that disgruntles the house-proud. Judging by the technology on this list someone somewhere thinks there’s an anti-drone buck to be had.

NASA has been chipping away at its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) for some time and is now putting the system to the test

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NASA puts nationwide traffic control system for drones to the test

Looking to avert gridlock at altitude, NASA has been working on an air traffic management system for drones, and today is carrying out its first coordinated testing to see just how well it can accomodate flights at different locations across the country.

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Amazon to begin testing new delivery drones in the US

Last month, Amazon was given permission to test a delivery drone prototype in the US, but there was a hitch – the vehicle cleared for use had already become obsolete. Now the agency has granted Amazon a green light to put its current models to the test.

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Amazon testing delivery drones at secret Canadian location

Amazon has taken its Prime Air operations north of the US border to develop its delivery drones with greater regulatory freedom. A report in The Guardian on Monday revealed that the company has been testing its drones for the last few months at a top secret site in British Columbia, Canada.

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FAA floats new rules for commercial drone use

In welcome news for businesses banking on the commercial potential of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has put forward a proposal for guidelines surrounding commercial drone use.

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NoFlyZone.org keeps the airspace above your home drone-free

Questions of privacy and how drones can be regulated are pretty well-founded, but are so far yet to be met with any convincing answers. NoFlyZone.org may go some way to providing a solution, allowing users to enter their address to create drone no-fly-zones in the airspace over their homes.