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NUAIR® Preps Northeast for Cross-Border UAS Operations

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

SYRACUSE, N.Y., March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following a string of critical approvals and operational readiness missions, NUAIR® is prepping the Northeastern United States for cross-border uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) operations.

Key Points: 
  • SYRACUSE, N.Y., March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following a string of critical approvals and operational readiness missions, NUAIR® is prepping the Northeastern United States for cross-border uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) operations.
  • These operations will prove out safe integration of UAS into the national airspace with the opportunity for cross-border international collaboration and regulatory harmonization.
  • In 2023, NUAIR received a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) from Canada authorizing our team to perform UAS operations with U.S. pilots and U.S. aircraft in Ontario, Canada.
  • NUAIR looks forward to being the activator for these cross-border UAS operations in the new year.

Terra Drone's Group Company, Unifly, Successfully Completes Groundbreaking UTM Cybersecurity Model Project in Partnership with FAA

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Wednesday, December 27, 2023

In partnership with the Rhea Group and NY UAS Test Site (NYUASTS), the objective and purpose of the project was to refine a UTM cybersecurity model, including the requirements and certification scheme, and to validate the model in an operational environment.

Key Points: 
  • In partnership with the Rhea Group and NY UAS Test Site (NYUASTS), the objective and purpose of the project was to refine a UTM cybersecurity model, including the requirements and certification scheme, and to validate the model in an operational environment.
  • As drone use continues to rise, it's vital to develop specific cybersecurity measures for UTM to ensure airspace safety and security.
  • Although cybersecurity is unanimously recognized as a critical safety concern, UTM cybersecurity has only been partially explored to this date.
  • In the initial phase of the project, interviews were conducted with the following stakeholders from the UTM ecosystem:
    During the interviews, the concept of a unified UTM cybersecurity model was presented.

SMB Fintech Leader Nav Launches Credit Building Card to Unlock Capital for Small Businesses

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading SMB fintech Nav announced today the launch of Nav Prime, and the innovative credit building Nav Prime card for small businesses.

Key Points: 
  • SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading SMB fintech Nav announced today the launch of Nav Prime , and the innovative credit building Nav Prime card for small businesses.
  • Nav is the only platform that helps small businesses transparently understand all of their financing options and know what they can qualify before they apply.
  • By aggregating the credit and financial data from a small business, Nav is able to align their financing qualifications to its network of over 160 different products and providers.
  • According to the Federal Reserve Banks' Small Business Credit Survey, a staggering 59% of small businesses reported being in fair or poor financial condition.

Terra Drone acquires a majority share of Unifly, the world's leading provider of Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) technology, with a strategic aim to enhance global drone and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) business through integrated strategies

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Unifly's stakeholders share a unified commitment to the company's long-term vision.

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  • Unifly's stakeholders share a unified commitment to the company's long-term vision.
  • Terra Drone's initial investment dates back to 2016, with Unifly also securing shareholders such as PMV, the Flemish government investment fund.
  • In live Air Traffic Management (ATM) scenarios, the system facilitates the coexistence of drones with manned aircraft.
  • Merging Unifly's well-established capabilities, with Terra Drone's ambition, a significant boost can be foreseen in the global development and evolution of UAM and UTM.

Canadian student rocketry group reaches new heights with Spaceport Nova Scotia’s first launch

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230706774364/en/
    Arbalest Rocketry Prepares the Goose 3 for Launch on July 6th from Spaceport Nova Scotia (Photo: Business Wire)
    Arbalest Rocketry, a rocketry team from Ontario’s York University, made the most of a Launch Canada initiated opportunity to prepare for and execute a sub-orbital launch at Canada’s first commercial spaceport currently being built by Maritime Launch Services Inc. (NEO: MAXQ, OTCQB: MAXQF) in Canso, Nova Scotia.
  • Undaunted by the delay, the Arbalest team today launched their amateur high-powered rocket, ‘Goose 3’ from the Spaceport Nova Scotia launchpad.
  • Today’s launch is a demonstration that Canadian rocketry and engineering education is making significant progress and developing space sector excellence.
  • “It is only fitting that the first launch vehicle to take off from Spaceport Nova Scotia is domestically designed and launched by students from the Arbalest Rocketry team.”
    Representatives from the Canadian Space Agency were also in attendance yesterday at Spaceport Nova Scotia to meet with students and observe the launch event.

Unifor air traffic controllers begin bargaining with Nav Canada

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Saturday, December 3, 2022

OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 3, 2022 /CNW/ - The Canadian Air Traffic Control Association (CATCA), who are members of Unifor Local5454, opened bargaining with Nav Canada this week in Ottawa.

Key Points: 
  • OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 3, 2022 /CNW/ - The Canadian Air Traffic Control Association (CATCA), who are members of Unifor Local5454, opened bargaining with Nav Canada this week in Ottawa.
  • They are professionals who see collective bargaining as a way to improve that service to Canadians," said Lana Payne, Unifor National President.
  • "The strain on air traffic controllers has continued to increase post pandemic and has reached a crisis point," said CATCA President Nick von Schoenberg.
  • Better support for ATC workers is vital and we are confident CATCA and Nav Canada will find a way to achieve that during these negotiations."

DGAP-News: Noratis AG: Successful financial year for Noratis AG in 2021

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

Noratis AG can look back at a successful 2021 financial year, with earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) climbing by 136% to EUR 19.4 million, up on EUR 8.2 million in 2020.

Key Points: 
  • Noratis AG can look back at a successful 2021 financial year, with earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) climbing by 136% to EUR 19.4 million, up on EUR 8.2 million in 2020.
  • As a result, Noratis AG set new company records in 2021.
  • As Noratis also holds individual properties and portfolios for the longer term, individual properties were recognised as non-current assets in 2021.
  • Noratis AG ( www.noratis.de ) (ISIN: DE000A2E4MK4, WKN: A2E4MK, "Noratis") is a leading portfolio developer of residential properties in Germany.

Space Engine Systems featured in Aerospace America Year-in-Review

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Friday, December 17, 2021

EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) featured Space Engine Systems in its Year-in-Review publication:

Key Points: 
  • EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) featured Space Engine Systems in its Year-in-Review publication:
    Space Engine Systems, based in Canada, developed a scale-model engine and a three-degree-of-freedom thrust test cell to validate engine thrust, moments and flow characteristics across the full range of simulated flight speeds (Mach 1.8-5).
  • https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/year-in-review/hypersonic-flight-syste...
    Pradeep Dass, President and CTO of Space Engine Systems, is proud of this prestigious validation of his technology, developed here in Canada.
  • The Hello-1 Experimental, while smaller than the Hello-1 commercial aircraft, will accommodate SESs next engine development of a combined turbo-ramjet.
  • Testing is already underway: http://gofile.me/5GUi5/c59CIntlT
    Next will be the Hello-1 commercial manned aircraft with turbo-ram jet and a rocket engine for suborbital, Point to Point and LEO.

GA-ASI Flies UAS in the Canadian Arctic

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Friday, September 10, 2021

GA-ASI has demonstrated a new capability for effective ISR operations by performing a loiter at 78.31 North, using Inmarsat's L-band Airborne ISR Service (LAISR).

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  • GA-ASI has demonstrated a new capability for effective ISR operations by performing a loiter at 78.31 North, using Inmarsat's L-band Airborne ISR Service (LAISR).
  • The flight over Haig-Thomas Island, in the Canadian Arctic, demonstrated the UAS's flexibility by operating at very high latitudes.
  • Covering 4,550 miles in 25.5 hours, it was one of the longest range flights ever flown by a company MQ-9.
  • "As the global leader in UAS, we have enabled our UAS to operate in Arctic regions, over land and sea, where effective C2 and ISR-data transfer was previously not feasible," said Linden Blue, GA-ASI CEO.

NAV Canada cuts will undermine safety, air traffic controllers surveyed

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Thursday, March 25, 2021

As part of an ongoing NAV Canada review, layoff notices have been issued to more than 100 air traffic controllers at Area Control Centres (Edmonton, Montreal, Moncton and Gander) and air traffic control towers from coast to coast.

Key Points: 
  • As part of an ongoing NAV Canada review, layoff notices have been issued to more than 100 air traffic controllers at Area Control Centres (Edmonton, Montreal, Moncton and Gander) and air traffic control towers from coast to coast.
  • Before the onset of the pandemic, NAV Canada faced a 13 per cent shortage of air traffic controllers and spent more than $100 million annually on overtime.
  • More than 80 per cent of air traffic controllers surveyed said that, before the decline in air traffic as a result of COVID-19, they were concerned (31.9 per cent) or very concerned (39.5 per cent) about understaffing, fatigue management and an overreliance on overtime by NAV Canada.
  • A full 92 per cent of air traffic controllers surveyed said NAV Canada's workforce adjustments, including layoff notices, have resulted in increased stress levels.