Financial news organisation Finbold.com reports that: “by the end of 2019, total investment in the (drone) industry was a record high of USD1.2 billion, a
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
EASA’s proposed air taxi certification rules “suffer from silo approach to safety”
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its proposed methods on how to certify hybrid or electric air taxis. David Gleave, safety editor with Unmanned Publications,
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“Bringing drone operations into perspective” – new survey
By Peter van Blyenburgh “Global UAS OPS” is now online. This is an international survey on drone operations (current & upcoming) and is available in
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Germany’s Droniq now supports long-range drone flights and offers integrated insurance
Droniq, Germany’s UTM joint-venture company owned by DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) and Deutsche Telekom AG – has launched “the first fully operational traffic management
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Amsterdam Drone week goes virtual, adds new events
Amsterdam Drone Week will expand its activities in 2020 by organising two hybrid summits on 17 September and 1-3 December 2020, According to the organisation:
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New survey of European drone operations and safety risk assessment to help frame future standard setting
By Peter van Blyenburgh This notification has as the purpose of informing members of the European drone operator community about the upcoming UAS OPS survey
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“Mobile phone operators on course to providing the complete CNS/UTM infrastructure” – latest Connected Skies webinar
Any uncertainties about what role mobile network operators (MNOs) will play in the future UAS traffic management (UTM) sector were quickly resolved in GUTMA’s latest
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“You can probably survive a few years with fragmented, proprietary systems but in the end you will need interoperability”
Amit Ganjoo is the Founder and CEO ANRA Technologies, a drone operations and UAS traffic management (UTM) platform provider based in Washington DC UTM service
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US DoJ publishes guidance on police use of drones and highlights drone threats
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has released a guide on police use of drones as well as the
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Survey of European drone operations launched to help frame future standard setting
By Peter van Blyenburgh This is a notification to the European drone operator community to inform it of two upcoming surveys that have been created
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