PLANS to develop the Highlands and Islands as a “sustainable aviation region” have received a government funding boost worth nearly £9 million. The Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) project is led by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) and is based in Orkney. But the £8.9 million funding from UK …
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The plan will be unveiled at the Farnborough Airshow, which returns for the first time since 2018 in a boost for the UK aerospace industry Drones could monitor traffic jams under plans due to be set out today ( Image: Tim Graham/Getty Images) Electric drones could be deployed to fly …
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However, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has warned that a widespread rollout of drone deliveries can only happen after new safety crash-prevention technology is developed. Radio signals used to control drones can interfere with each other unless they have their own dedicated frequency. Interference from other signals can also ground …
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A rainbow from a passing rain shower sits over Virgin Australia aircraft at Sydney’s Airport in Australia, August 5, 2016. — Reuters pic PARIS, July 30 — Shuttered shops, idle production lines, grounded planes — the coronavirus pandemic has devastated several industries, not least the aviation and automobile sectors, but …
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