US-based standards body ASTM International has announced that its Remote Drone ID standard will be published in the coming weeks with the designation F3411. It
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Category: UAS traffic management news
UK CAA publishes guide to support BVLOS
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published a guide aimed at supporting the industry to make unmanned aircraft (drone) flights beyond the visual line
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Eurocontrol completes Riga Airspace Assessment
European safety agency Eurocontrol has published the Riga Airspace Assessment report following a six-month long project with the Latvian Civil Aviation Authority. The report forms
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Altitude Angel and Heliguy link to develop localised UTM/C-UAS services
UK UTM company Altitude Angel and UAS technology supplier Heliguy are to form a strategic partnership to provide a UTM/counter UAV solution to aerodromes and
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SESAR Podium report finds pre-flight U-space services more advanced than flight phase
The SESAR Horizon 2020 Proving Operations of Drones with Initial Unmanned aircraft system traffic Management (PODIUM) project consortium has published its conclusions and recommendations for
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EASA high level conference “has highlighted societal concerns”
“We have had feedback from other countries around the world where there are regular drone operations that the concern of the population is not that
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BVLOS flights underway as part of Kansas pilot programme activity
Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program (IPP) has successfully completed the first beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation using only onboard detect-and-avoid
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DJI joins Memphis International Airport UAS IPP drone programme
DJI has announced it is participating in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program (UAS IPP) at Memphis International Airport.
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SkyGrid joins FAA-approved list of LAANC service providers
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved SkyGrid, a Boeing SparkCognition company based in Austin, as a supplier of Low Altitude Authorization and Notification
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Dutch research continues CONOP development for safe integration of RPAS in European airspace
Dutch research agency NLR is performing a multi-year study in partnership with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems UK (GA-UK),
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