Israel has successfully tested Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) civil drone flights in GPS denied environments using a special drone test zone in Yeruham.
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Switzerland delays adoption of European drone rules, seeking exclusion of model aircraft
By Jenny Beechener Switzerland’s Council of States has delayed adoption of new European legislation governing drone operations which came into force on 1 January 2021
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ICAO hosts free webinars to address key issues relating to UAS and UTM ahead of DRONE ENABLE 2021
ICAO has launched a series of free webinars aimed at fostering conversations around several key issues relating to unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and UAS traffic
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EuroUSC Italia launches SAMWISE Pro to speed up and simplify SORA safety risk analysis
Italian drone services company EuroUSC has launched a web-based risk analysis tool that follows the Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) methodology for drone operators planning
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EUROCAE and Eurocontrol strengthen cooperation in aviation standards development
European aviation agencies Eurocae and Eurocontrol have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) which provides for greater mutual recognition of the role played by each
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Italy: Turin City to host Skygate vertiport for urban air mobility research and development
Turin has ambitious plans to become a European leader for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) services and R&D company, Always, will develop the first vertiport, for
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NASA technical interchange meeting to share UTM lessons learned and next steps, 23 February
A one-day Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) is being held on 23 February 2021 to provide an opportunity to share insights into the research conducted, lessons
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Launch of GOF 2.0 examines cellular networks for urban U-space services in new SESAR research
The SESAR JU project “GOF 2.0 Integrated Urban Airspace Validation”, with a consortium of 13 members, will focus on the safe, secure, and sustainable integration
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DroneShield adds machine learning/AI software to its range of surveillance systems
DroneShield reports rollout of its first fully Machine Learning/AI based detection and classification software to all of its existing customer systems, according to a company
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NASA awards USD8 million to Austin team for autonomous cargo transport research
The University of Texas at Austin has released details of an USD8 million programme funded by NASA to research autonomous air cargo transportation. According to
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