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How ground-based air defence systems are evolving to meet new threats

August 20, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Counter-UAS systems and policies

Richard Varley, Senior Land Sales Manager, Chess Dynamics The battlefield has changed. What once required sophisticated military aircraft and highly trained pilots can now be

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The FAA’s BVLOS NPRM: wider ATM challenges to landmark drone legislation

August 10, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Emerging regulations, UAS traffic management news

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes It is difficult to find a US drone industry executive say a single negative thing about the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new

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New US/Ukrainian C-UAS tech transfer deals will transform drone warfare but….

July 28, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Counter-UAS systems and policies

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes In the drone/counter drone warfare arena something has shifted. The past few days have seen a growing number of major tie-ups between

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SkyGrid publishes paper on risk assessment challenges for AAM third party/UTM suppliers

July 22, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Emerging regulations, UAS traffic management news, Urban air mobility

SkyGrid has published its latest white paper, Operational Risk Assessment for Advanced Air Mobility Third-Party Service Providers (TSPs), “examining the critical safety challenges associated with integrating TSPs into

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Trump’s “Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty” executive order is long overdue

June 19, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Emerging regulations

by Brett Feddersen Over the years, we have seen drones evolve from simple weekend toys to advanced tools used by smugglers, for corporate espionage, and

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US drone-industry presidential executive orders will put huge pressure on the FAA

June 7, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Counter-UAS systems and policies, UAS traffic management news

If you have any golf games scheduled with friends or family working in FAA administrative offices over the next three months, forget it. On June

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Operation Spiderweb – why telecom networks are the new Trojan Horse

June 2, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Counter-UAS systems and policies

By Philip Butterworth-hayes Was Operation Spiderweb, the June 1 drone strike into Russian territory by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), an important step in

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How to recognise if your drone has been jammed or spoofed during flight

January 15, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

By Pawel Korzec Co-founder and CEO at DroneRadar. First published in www.droneradar.eu – republished with kind permission. First, we’d like to underline the fact, that

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It works! Lessons from GUTMA’s Harmonized Skies 2024

December 5, 2024 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

By Sebastian Babiarz, GUTMA Co-president, Amanda Boekholt, GUTMA Treasurer, Koen De Vos, GUTMA Secretary-General.,Emmie Derbäck, InterUSS Platform Outreach Committee The federated UTM system works well

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“Act on Part 108 now to enable BVLOS operations” – joint opinion from CDA and AUVSI

October 15, 2024 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

Michael Robbins is President and CEO of the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). Lisa Ellman is Executive Director of the Commercial Drone Alliance. Here.

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June 12, 2025

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March 13, 2025

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September 26, 2024

The global UTM market: new research predicts further consolidation and slow progress

September 12, 2024

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EMERGING REGULATIONS

US states’ aviation officials develop first consolidated AAM policy documents

August 29, 2025

NATO publishes new sense-and-avoid standard for UAS in unsegregated airspace

August 27, 2025

The FAA’s BVLOS NPRM: wider ATM challenges to landmark drone legislation

August 10, 2025

“Protecting America’s Airspace from Unauthorized Drone Activity Act” proposed 

August 5, 2025

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Drone inspections: Road to fully safe and automated operations

September 4, 2025

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July 9, 2025

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June 13, 2025

Opening Keynote Lineup Announced for Commercial UAV Expo 2025

June 11, 2025
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Operation Spiderweb – why telecom networks are the new Trojan Horse https://www.unmannedairspace.info/counter-uas-systems-and-policies/operation-spiderweb-why-telecom-networks-are-the-new-trojan-horse/

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24 May

Finland launches Fintraffic Sky digital drone/civil aviation flight advisory platform https://www.unmannedairspace.info/news-first/finland-launches-fintraffic-sky-digital-drone-civil-aviation-flight-advisory-platform/

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U-ELCOME Italian cluster demonstrates cross-border U-space coordination

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US Army seeking thousands of C-sUAS which can be exported for use in Taiwan

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21 May

US Chamber of Commerce calls for expanded C-UAS authority pilot programme https://www.unmannedairspace.info/counter-uas-systems-and-policies/us-chamber-of-commerce-calls-for-expanded-c-uas-authority-pilot-programme/

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High Lander and INVOLI form traffic management partnership https://www.unmannedairspace.info/latest-news-and-information/high-lander-and-invloi-form-traffic-management-partnership/

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