The past week has seen a number of drone-related news announcements, but the lingering fears of hacking security and fail-safe mechanisms have yet to be dispelled. This week, Amazon won UK approval for open-air testing, Google won FAA clearance in the US for its Project Wing tests, and IBM’s Weather Company has announced an app partnership with Airmap to provide hyper-local weather reporting to pilots. Starting in reverse order, before we get to the prpl Foundation’s President critique of drone security, the IBM deal is a precursor to being able to provide dynamic environmental reports to automated drone navigation platforms – like Amazon’s Prime Air or Google’s Project Wing for example. In its current iteration, the system will push weather…