Early results from developing and testing a UK urban air mobility (UAM) concept of operations (CONOPS) are promising, according to the UK Air Mobility Consortium.
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Belgium’s skeyes SkeyDrone and DronePort partner to support development of UTM services
Belgian air navigation service provider unmanned traffic management (UTM) arm skeyes SkeyDrone has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the aviation campus DronePort, located
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Spain awards Indra EUR1.3m contract to develop automated UTM platform in partnership with Airbus and Unifly
Spanish air navigation service provider ENAIRE has selected Indra in a contract worth EUR 1.349 million to develop an automated and digital U-space done management
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France invites innovators to develop U-space management and other mobility solutions
The French transport ministry has issued three calls for projects relating to sustainable transport, with a fourth concerning U-space due to be released in early
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SwissDrones completes first BVLOS powerline inspection flight with a flight distance of more than 100km
Commercial drone operator SwissDrone Operating AG has completed the first beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) powerline inspection in Belgium covering a flight distance of
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EUROCAE and ASTM International sign memorandum of understanding and align UTM, eVTOL areas of common interest
Representatives from global standards organizations the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) and the US standards agency ASTM International have signed a memorandum of
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NASA, FAA and industry partners apply UTM model to preliminary operational concept for higher airspace
US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate writer John Gould explains in a recent blog how the collaboration between NASA, the
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Nokia white paper shows how cellular networks can provide UAS connectivity for multiple drones
A Nokia white paper identifies the need for reliable command and control (C2) links to support demand for beyond line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations.
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Future Flight Challenge flight trials at Cardiff Airport demonstrate accurate wind measurement in complex environments
As part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded Future Flight Challenge, the SafeZone project reports completion of a series of flight trials at
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India’s Ministry of civil aviation publishes liberalised Drone Rules 2021, replaces existing more restrictive rules
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has replaced existing rules applying to Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) with new liberalised Drone Rules 2021. The previous rules
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