The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports it has authorized commercial drone flights without visual observers in the same Dallas-area airspace. “The authorizations for Zipline
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
France’s Council of State gives green light for Volocopter flights at Paris Olympics
Multiple press sources report France’s Council of State, the supreme administrative judge in France, on July 24 ruled in favour of Volocopter flights taxis during
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Honeywell, Frequentis trial eVTOL ground control station integrated with UTM
Honeywell and Frequentis report they have reached a major milestone in advancing the operation of remotely piloted aircraft in European airspace as part of the
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World’s first municipal airspace management/autonomous vehicle ops centre opens in Israel
Israeli companies and government officials have developed the world’s first municipal airspace control centre, designed to manage autonomous drone and eventually eVTOL flights in and
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High Lander partners with BODA to distribute Vega UTM, Orion DFM in South Korea
High Lander, a provider of drone fleet management and uncrewed traffic management solutions, has signed a distribution partnership with BODA, a prominent South Korean drone
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US Army seeks directed energy C-UAS solution against groups 1-3 UAS platforms
The US Army’s W6J1 RCCTO BELVOIR office is seeking industry white paper responses to its requirement for an enduring directed energy weapon requirement. Deadline for
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AAM market dominance: who is winning the global AAM network wars? Part one
The latest update to the 500 page plus Global AAM/UAM Market Map database now includes details on 249 individual advanced/urban air mobility programmes in 60 countries throughout
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EASA publishes Easy Access Rules for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its Easy Access Rules for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and 2019/945) The new publication
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First cargo drone flights take off from Milan/Malpensa airport as part of U-ELCOME trials
During the night of 8-9 July, the first set of test flights were carried out using drones with vertical take-off and landing capabilities to transport
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EASA publishes new data on serious drone accidents and incidents for 2023 in the EU
According to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)’s new Annual Safety Review for 2024 there was one fatality and one case of a serious
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