NASA has launched its solicitation for companies to join its Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Grand Challenge. According to a NASA press release: “The Grand Challenge aims to improve
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Aviation trade associations urge ICAO to act on rogue drones and UTM
Airports Council International (ACI) World, the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA), International Federation of Air Line
Read moreNew survey finds major discrepancies in European U-Space adoption plans
European nations’ adoption of U-Space, or UAS traffic management (UTM), services is happening spasmodically, with different operating limits, according to a paper presented by Cristina
Read moreEurocontrol, ACI Europe to advance counter-UAS policies to protect European airports
Participants at the Eurocontrol/ACI Europe joint high-level workshop on drone incursion and detection at airports, which took place on 3 and 4 October, agreed to:
Read moreNew Zealand establishes airspace integration trials for new unmanned air vehicles
by Michael Willoughby The New Zealand Government is establishing an airspace integration trials programme to support the safe testing and development of advanced unmanned aircraft
Read moreGatwick drone-incident police report raises more questions than it answers
By Tony Reeves of Level7 Expertise In a statement released early on 27 September 2019, the Head of Operations Command for Sussex Police in the
Read moreEASA launches tender for study into vulnerability of manned aircraft to drone strikes
The European Aviation Safety Agency has issued a tender for a Horizon 2020 Research Project: Vulnerability of Manned Aircraft to Drone Strikes The general objective
Read moreUPS Flight Forward wins FAA’s full approval for drone airline operations
by Michael Willoughby UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward announced yesterday that it had received the US’ government’s first full Part 135 Standard certification to operate
Read morePoland’s PANSA launches next stage in its nationwide digital UTM programme
On October 1, 2019, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) in Warsaw, presented its “Digital Services for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” strategy to government partners
Read moreSESAR publishes enhanced overview of U-Space concept of operations
Project members of the CORUS (Concept of Operation for EuRopean UTM Systems) project announced on September 30 the finalized version of the first Concept of
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