The European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) 2020-07 on “Unmanned aircraft system beyond visual line operations over populated areas or assemblies
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
FAA and AUVSI to co-host virtual UAS Symposium in July and August 2020
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) will co-host the FAA UAS Symposium – Remotely Piloted Edition. This
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US Marine Corps seeks counter-UAS equipment
The US Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) is conducting a market outreach to identify potential sources for the capability of manufacturing and delivering a Counter Drone
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Updated EUSCG UAS/U-Space standardisation roadmap planned for end of June 2020
The next version of the Rolling Development Plan (RDP) for implementing UAS standards under development by the European UAS Standards Coordination Group (EUSCG) is planned
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“Magnetic interference from railway cables caused drone crash” – UK AAIB report
Magnetic interference caused by overhead railway cables led to the crash of an Aerialtronics Altura Zenith ATX8 in October 2019, according to a recently-released UK
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“Rare opportunity for airports to expand BVLOS drone operations” – Altitude Angel ATM Head
Airports have a rare opportunity to expand beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations during the pandemic according to Altitude Angel’s Head of ATM
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Helicus Aero Initiative targets integration of manned and unmanned operations in the healthcare sector by 2023
The Helicus Aero Initiative (HAI) launched in 2016 is developing an ecosystem to support aerial logistics solutions for the healthcare sector. To realise the goal
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“In 2019 venture capitalists invested USD930 million in drone industry” – latest report
Financial news organisation Finbold.com reports that: “by the end of 2019, total investment in the (drone) industry was a record high of USD1.2 billion, a
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EASA’s proposed air taxi certification rules “suffer from silo approach to safety”
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its proposed methods on how to certify hybrid or electric air taxis. David Gleave, safety editor with Unmanned Publications,
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“Bringing drone operations into perspective” – new survey
By Peter van Blyenburgh “Global UAS OPS” is now online. This is an international survey on drone operations (current & upcoming) and is available in
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