Belgian UTM company Unifly has published a white paper (Unmanned Traffic Management – Empowering Drones in Ports) which outlines a concept for UAS traffic management
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Poland’s PANSA “to adapt constitution to enable delivery of commercial UAV services”
Poland’s Council of Ministers will “adopt an amendment to the act on the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency by the end of September…The most important
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“Drone operations cannot rely on UTM, LTE or 5G – integrated back-up required” – GUTMA webinar
By Jenny Beechener Connectivity between drones and service providers presents difficulties according to Bobby Healy, CEO and founder of Manna drone delivery company. “The problem
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Drone attacks threaten Baghdad airport – Saudi prepares for more drone incursions
Baghdad airport was targeted by weaponized drones on June 14, for the second time in a week, reports NOTAM monitoring organisation the OpsGroup. “The FAA
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Israel “successfully trials airborne C-UAS laser defence system”
By Arie Egozi The Directorate of Defense R&D in the Ministry of Defense (MoD), together with Elbit Systems and the Israeli Air Force (IAF), has
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A looming threat – urban UTM may not be ready for eVTOL commercial operations
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Billions of dollars have been spent by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and governments to develop a first generation of passenger-carrying eVTOL
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AirMarket and partners “evaluate ASTM standards for remote ID of pipeline inspection drones”
Canadian UTM company AirMarket reports that, along with Canadian regulators, it is evaluating technology, the ASTM standard and operational concepts for Remote Identification (Remote ID)
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ERA “demonstrates passive mini-UAV detection at more than 100km”
ERA reports the ability of its passive ESM tracker (PET) VERA-NG to detect and track unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) broadcasting continuous wave (CW) signals has
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SESAR programme AURA “will integrate ATM/UTM procedures for UAM operations”
Indra has published new information about the SESAR JU ATM/U-space project, AURA, which will tackle one of the main hurdles that prevent drones from taking
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“U-space deployment builds on successful partnership between research and industry”
In 2017 the SESAR Joint Undertaking drafted the U-space blueprint, a vision of how to make U-space operationally possible. The blueprint proposes the implementation of
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