Russia’s Digital Radio Systems (CRTS) and the Aviation Institute for Navigation Instrumentation (Navigator) presented a network of airborne and ground-based systems for the management and monitoring
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European Commission seeks industry research partners for GNSS U-Space applications
The European Commission, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (Small to medium sized enterprises) seeks industry partners to help accelerate the use of
Read moreUrban UTM trials start in Hamburg to test flight planning, monitoring and detect-and-avoid
Drone manufacturer DJI reports that in April 2019 German researchers successfully tested an Unmanned Air Traffic Management system that coordinated two drone flights in the area
Read moreNASA starts trials of advanced urban drone and UTM operations in Reno
On 20 and 21 May NASA entered the final stage of testing its NASA UTM platform as part of the Technical Capability Level (TCL) 4
Read moreEuropean Commission replaces national drone rules with EU law
On 24 May the European Commission adopted European Union rules “to ensure increasing drone traffic across Europe is safe and secure for people on the
Read moreAltitude Angel to provide geospatial data to new Dronecloud operator platform
UK UTM company Altitude Angel has today announced it is to become the geodata supplier to drone operations management platform Dronecloud. Altitude Angel’s GuardianUTM airspace
Read moreFAA adds LAANC drone flight authorisation programme to contract towers and airports
Starting from 23 May more than 100 control towers and airports will be added to the hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic facilities and airports that currently
Read moreSkyports, Volocopter to build first mobile air taxi hub in Singapore later this year
Skyports and Volocopter have announced a cooperation to build the first mobile Volo-Port – a landing pads for eVTOL (electric take-off and landing) air txis.
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DJI to add ADS-B to drones over 250 grams from 2020
DJI has announced that it is committed to installing AirSense technology that receives ADS-B signals from nearby airplanes and helicopters into every DJI drone over
Read moreNext U-Space network workshop will be held on 9 July at Eurocontrol
Organised by the European Commission and supported by Eurocontrol, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU), the third U-Space network workshop
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