The Middle East unmanned aerial vehicle market was valued at around USD2.30 billion in 2019 and is expected to reach USD3.95 billion by 2025, exhibiting
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
South Korea “to introduce tighter drone registration laws from May 2020”
Numerous press reports say the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport is planning to introduce new laws in May this year which will
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Drone Alliance Europe proposes open, competitive European U-Space architecture
The Drone Alliance Europe, a coalition of technology companies representing the commercial drone industry, has published a white paper on U-Space in which it proposes
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GUTMA to replace Barcelona Connected Skies event with series of webinars
The Global UTM Association (GUTMA) has announced it “will deliver the Connected Skies conference online following GSMA’s recent MWC Barcelona 2020 announcement.” According to an
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Internest, Musthane developing safe drone/helicopter landing system for difficult environments
French companies Internest and Musthane are cooperating on a secure landing solution for drones and helicopters in the form of“an easy-to-use, robust and compact solution
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Airbus UTM report highlights concerns around fair airspace access
An Airbus UTM report points to weaknesses in the architectural framework under development to support Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM). Entitled Evaluating Fairness
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“Diverse UTM systems can manage manned/unmanned disaster response flights” – NASA, JAXA research
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the USA’s NASA have successfully trialled a joint UTM system to support drone and manned flights for disaster response
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ICAO calls for industry submissions on UTM topics for publication at DRONE ENABLE/4
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has published a request for information for States, industry, academia and other interested stakeholders to help fill in critical
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FAA to hold next Drone Advisory Committee meeting on 27 February
The next meeting of the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting will be held on 27 February at 9 AM ET.
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Airbus and CAAS work together on urban air mobility
by Michael Willoughby Airbus and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enable urban air mobility (UAM)
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