By Jenny Beechener Some foundation services necessary for the first phase (U1) of Europe’s U-space programme set out in the U-space roadmap are not going
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Dubai makes progress in meeting 2022 target for commercial electric air taxi operations
Dubai is targeting 2022 for its first commercial electric air taxi operations. According to Professor Amair Saleem of the Dubai Road and Transport Authority (RTA)
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USAF seeks US contractor to provide USD490 million C-UAS command and control management system
The US Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate, Rome NY (AFRL/RI) has updated its requirement provide a focused yet flexible, rapid, agile contracting vehicle between
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“Global remote ID of drones now viable via Iridium satellite services-” RelmaTech
Multiple press sources report that UK spatial management technology company RelmaTech has announced that global identification and tracking of all flying and moving objects is technically and
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“UTM and ATM are going to be one, and much more” – Simon Johnson, GUTMA
Simon Johnson is the acting Secretary General of the Global UTM Association What is GUTMA’s mission statement? As the website says, GUTMA’s purpose is to foster
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African Drone Forum: “More autonomous than manned flights now in Rwanda”
In 2019 Rwanda become the first country in the world where the number of autonomous UAS flights overtook the number of manned aviation flights. Speaking
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Counter-UAS company CerbAir announces EUR5.5 million in new funding
French counter-UAS systems manufacturer CerbAir has announced a EUR5.5 million round of financing and the incorporation of new shareholders. “With a number of detection and
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Autonomous air taxi flight trials take off in New Zealand
The New Zealand Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with urban air mobility company Wisk (https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/boeing-and-kittyhawk-launch-wisk-company-to-develop-the-cora-air-taxi/) to support a transport trial of the company’s
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Connected Skies event “will bridge the worlds of telecom and UTM” – GUTMA
The Global UTM Associatfion (GUTMA) has announced that following the success of the first edition of GUTMA’s Connected Skies conference in Portland (OR) in 2019,
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Eurocontrol, DSNA and Toulouse airport “successfully integrate drone and airfield operations”
Eurocontrol, the French air navigation service provider DSNA and Toulouse-Blagnac Airport have joined forces to validate the safety aspects associated with using drones to inspect
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