An agreement signed today between Naviair, the Danish Transport, Construction and Housing Authority, the UAS Denmark International Test Center, the University of Southern Denmark and
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
U-Flyte researchers develop new concept for urban UTM
The Department of Computer Science, Maynooth University, Ireland – the U-Flyte strategic research partnership (see box) – has published a paper “Fundamental Elements of an
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NASA seeks UTM/ATM partners to support advanced air mobility trials
NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) is seeking advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicle industry partners that will focus on demonstrating integrated AAM operations in flight
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SORA Consulting publishes document map for EU SORA authorisation requests
SORA Consulting (http://www.soraconsulting.ch/) has published a graphic to show how drone operators can get operational authorisation for drones using the JARUS-based Specific Operations Risk Assessment
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NASA publishes research findings of high-density, urban UTM trials
A lack of standardization in referencing altitudes across components in the small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) domain is a hurdle to implementing UTM systems in
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ANRA, Switch and NIAS win FAA contract to trial scalable UTM services
Technology infrastructure company Switch in partnership with UTM service provider ANRA Technologies and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS), have received a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract
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Honeywell “starts in-flight testing of UAM auto-land system”
Honeywell has announced it has begun in-flight testing of sensors that will guide urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles to land without pilot intervention. According to
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FAA Drone Advisory Committee gives broad support to CONOPs V2 but requires more clarity
The Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) of the US Federal Aviation Administration has given its broad support to the FAA UTM Conops V2 document, but has
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European Union to provide EUR21 million for military RPAS detect and avoid research
The European Commission has announced it will fund up to EUR21.1 million of the EUR27.4 total required for the EUDAAS (European Detect and Avoid (DAA)
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FAA invites new members to join its Drone Advisory Committee
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a notice to solicit nominations for membership on the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). Nominations must be received no
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