By Eduardo de Vasconcellos, MSc. SE, Director RPAS Ops Consulting, and Maj Jorge Regis, DECEA, Brazilian Member of ICAO’s Remotely Piloted Systems Panel (RPASP). Since
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Drone flight data shows energy savings and reduced emissions for very small package delivery
A new paper published in the research journal Cell compared the energy consumption of quadcopter drones against diesel and electric medium-duty trucks and small vans
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Video: Evolving traditional safety management systems to the uncrewed environment
By Ryan Pleskach, CEO and Co-Founder ResilienX In 2018, the National Academies published a paper titled: In-Time Aviation Safety Management: Challenges and Research for an
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Unified airspace risk management framework for UAS operations in all classes of airspace
A new risk methodology to model UAS collision risk in all classes of airspace is explained in an academic article published by MDPI. It responds
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PwC report supports UK government drone strategy, predicts 900,000 drones by 2030
PwC’s latest market report ‘Skies Without Limits v2.0’ follows close on the heels of publication by the UK government of its vision for the UK
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German survey of public safety drone operations reveals limited resources, very few BVLOS operations
While drones have become standard equipment for authorities and organisations with security tasks public safety (BOS), many have less than EUR5,000 available per year to
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Tackling issues related to remote pilot training, qualification & examination
By Peter van Blyenburgh Subsequent to the kick-off meeting of its Working Group 2205-1 on Training, Qualification & Examination of Remote Pilots, Instructors & Examiners
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Plotting the differences between the EU and US U-space/UTM regulatory frameworks
The following text is taken from the MA thesis ”The impact of the future European U-Space regulation and a comparative study with the United States
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Regulators and accident investigators are not yet ready for autonomous UTM operations
By David Gleave Global aviation regulators and accident investigators are not yet ready for autonomous UAS traffic management (UTM) system deployment, especially in terms of
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Training, qualification and examination of “Specific category” remote pilots, instructors and examiners
By Peter van Blyenburgh In the European Union (EU), the employment of certified remote pilots by operators to conduct flight missions in the “Specific” operational
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