India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working hard to field a demonstrator of a lightweight, mobile, 100kW-class directed energy weapon (DEW), according to
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Spain “will certify U-space common information services in 2025” – transport minister
According to a Linkedin post by the U-ELCOME DSD Project: “ENAIRE is expected to begin certification in 2024 and to be able to start providing
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EASA “to issue guidelines on eVTOL route design, CONOPs and trajectories this year”
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) “will develop guidelines on the design of urban air mobility (UAM) route (sic) in order to
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Saudi Arabia launches Advanced Air Mobility roadmap, with timelines for evolution
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) is Saudi Arabia has launched the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in Saudi Arabia initiative, “an ambitious roadmap to
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Los Angeles Airport issues RFIC to industry for vertiport development in three potential sites
Los Angeles Airport (LAX) has issued a proposal from industry to work with the airport on developing evTOL operations in three potential sites at the
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New UK study identifies social, economic and societal benefits that vertiports will bring to communities
The UK’s Connected Place Catapult research agency has published a study Vertiports: Incidental economic, social and environmental benefits to local economies which identifies the incidental benefits
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What’s ahead for 2024 in the US drone world: DFR and remote ID take off but DJI doesn’t
By Mary-Lou Smulders, Chief Marketing Officer at Dedrone 2024 has officially arrived. Already tired of election coverage? We’ve still got 11 months to go. But
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“Ukrainian drones attack Russian air defence/C-UAS Pantsir manufacturing plant”
Ukrainian drones have struck the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft system manufacturing facility in the Russian city of Tula, according to the Ukrainian defence department. “A local Telegram
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Denmark to strengthen Arctic and Atlantic defence/surveillance with drones and C-UAS systems
Denmark has reserved 2.74 billion Danish crowns (USD400 million) to strengthen surveillance and intelligence in the Arctic and North Atlantic with long-range drones and new
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US Navy issues RFI for shipboard use of C-UAS systems
The US Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), on behalf of the Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems 11.0 (PEO IWS 11.0)
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