The ICAO Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Panel (RPASP) has created a draft update of ICAO Document 10019, Manual on Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). The
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Category: Civil/military integration
Israel to equip UAS with sense and avoid systems as airspace congestion grows
By Arie Egozi Israel’s civil and military airspace management organizations are working on developing new sense and avoid technologies to be fitted on all drones
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‘There are potential gains for the military’ – NATO plans for U-space
Bu Jenny Beechener Against the backdrop of rising use of unmanned vehicles in all areas of the military, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is
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Save the date – AW Drones second workshop to focus on U-space in November
The main focus of the second AW Drones workshop taking place on 5 November 2020 will be on U-space, in addition to the outcome of
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Remotely controlled unmanned aircraft lands at Ben Gurion International alongside commercial flights
Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport received the first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on 16 September when the Heron, a UAV developed and built by Israel
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UK maritime and coastguard agency completes BVLOS trial with Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems’ Hermes 900 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has successfully completed a series of flight demonstrations for the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The
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‘ICAO’s UTM framework continues to be iterative document’ says Advisory Group
ICAO’s Unmanned Air Traffic Management (UTM) Advisory Group (AG) is due to release the latest edition of its high-level UTM framework. The draft version of
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Airbus, Boeing study impact of new entrants on future airspace management
Airbus has collaborated with Boeing to write a report warning that air traffic management (ATM) technology must be significantly modernised to manage countless new small
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European Union to provide EUR21 million for military RPAS detect and avoid research
The European Commission has announced it will fund up to EUR21.1 million of the EUR27.4 total required for the EUDAAS (European Detect and Avoid (DAA)
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Eurocae releases draft performance standard for RPAS automatic take-off and landing
European standards agency Eurocae has released for open consultation draft standards for “Minimum Aviation Systems Performance Standard for RPAS Automatic Take-off and Landing” ED-283. Prepared
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