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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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
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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Latest data reveals high risk of delay to European U-space foundation services
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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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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