EHang Holdings Limited has announced it has achieved a significant milestone on the path to offering Urban Air Mobility (UAM) services worldwide with the December
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
European Union launches UAM Flying Forward 2020 research programme
By Chris Stonor The official launch of the Flying Forward 2020 (FF2020) – a research project funded by the European Commission and Innovation and Networks
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ATCA Annual 2020: “We are lining up applications for local BVLOS operations” – FAA UPP2 next steps
By Jenny Beechener “I’m looking for something I can field sooner rather than later, and I am not going to wait for the perfect solution,”
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VPN service provider Surfshark develops global map of drone privacy laws
VPN service provider Surfshark reports it has collected data on drone privacy laws around the world to support establishing an international regulatory framework for drone
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ATCA Annual 2020: “Community-based rules provide VFR-like flexibility for high-altitude operations” – FAA
By Jenny Beechener The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working with NASA and industry to decide how operators can communicate effectively and share the upper
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Space-based ADS-B – helping to integrate large UAS in controlled airspace
An interview with Don Thoma, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Aireon How can space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) support drone operations? This will be driven by
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Simlat develops simulator for safety agencies to visualise and manage rogue drone incidents
By Arie Egozi Israel’s Simlat, a manufacturer of aviation simulators, has developed the Polaris specialist simulator to help drone operators and regulatory bodies simulate drone
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Amsterdam Drone Week Asia Pacific leads air taxi development but “unmanned air vehicles need to be safer”
Asia’s ability to make things happen to a timetable stems from close coordination at government level, said Duncan Walker CEO of Skyports, “It sounds simple,
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Amsterdam Drone Week: Closing the gaps between operators, regulators and governments
“We must consider the commercial pace – it will need a lot of capital to create jobs and commercial opportunities and without clarity on the
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Amsterdam Drone Week: NLR develops platform to assess counter-UAS solutions
The Netherlands research agency NLR presented a new visualisation platform to support the development of counter drone measures at Amsterdam Drone Week. Christian Muller said
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