The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports that NASA, the FAA and partners in a pilot program laying the groundwork for an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Drone REGIM announces new focus objectives
By Peter van Blyenburgh In accordance with the decisions taken at the Drone REGIM meeting on 23 May 2019, and taking into account additionally received
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LVNL issues tender for prototype UTM system for the Netherlands
Air Traffic Control the Netherlands (LVNL) has issued a tender on the national electronic tender site Platform Negometrix for a prototype national UAS traffic management
Read moreHelsinki airport Volocopter demonstrator flight shows viability of UTM technology for complex, congested airspace
The world’s first electric air taxi flight managed by a UTM system integrated with the country’s air traffic management (ATM) system, with multiple UTM service
Read moreAirbus Aerial granted FAA waiver to fly BVLOS missions without a visual observer
Airbus Aerial has been granted a waiver by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
Read moreGOF U-Space demonstrator project pioneers over-the-Baltic drone delivery flight
What-is-understood to be the world’s first successful international drone delivery mission under the management of an independent UTM system – certainly the world’s first over-sea
Read moreRohde & Schwarz launches rogue drone control-signal disruptor
Rohde & Schwarz has announced the launch of its ARDRONIS Counter-UAS solution to provide drone control uplink signal detection and disrupting capabilities, even under challenging
Read moreHaiti orders Airspace Drone integrated ATM/UTM system for lower airspace management
The Office Nationale to L’Aviation Civil in Haiti has commissioned French UTM company Airspace Drone (ASD) to develop an integrated UTM/ATM system for the country.
Read moreGerman airports “planning new drone detection systems and procedures”
Germany is planning a new drone detection system – an 11-mile exclusion-zone – around airports, reports German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung and the UK’s Daily Mail.
Read moreNew study details global urban air mobility costs, revenues and infrastructure requirements
The first global, detailed, city-by-city analysis of urban air mobility investment costs, revenue potential and infrastructure requirements has been completed by Washington DC-based corporate and
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