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Draft vertiport design standards “show marked differences to ICAO helipad requirements”

March 11, 2022 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

The FAA’s initial vertiport design brief shows some marked differences from conventional helipad design standards, according to Toby Enzerink, Drone Consultant at AirHub Vertiport designs

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How much will DroneUp’s business model disrupt the global UTM sector?

December 21, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, UAS traffic management news

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes DroneUp’s takeover of AirMap (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/commentary/does-the-droneup-airmap-tie-up-mean-the-end-of-the-independent-utm-service-supplier-market/) will have major consequences for the global UAS traffic management (UTM) industry. The company’s business model –

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Does the DroneUp/AirMap tie-up mean the end of the independent UTM service supplier market?

December 9, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, UTM and C-UAS market analysis

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The announcement that DroneUp has acquired AirMap (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/news-first/droneup-acquires-airmap-creates-airspace-management-and-drone-market-ecosystem/) is extremely good news for the UAS traffic management (UTM) sector. It ensures that

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Altitude Angel reflects on emerging UTM market and commercial opportunities for the drone sector

November 19, 2021 Jenny Beechener Commentary, UAS traffic management news, Urban air mobility

Unified Traffic Management (UTM) company Altitude Angel released a blog following World ATM Congress 2021, summarising the company’s key takeaways from the industry event. World

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New integrated ATM/U-space services and capabilities will meet the airspace integration challenges of Urban Air Mobility  

November 5, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Urban air mobility

Giancarlo Ferrara, R&D Work Programme Coordinator at EUROCONTROL’s Drone/U-space Unit reports on how this SESAR research programme will support drone and passenger air taxi vehicles

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Commercial drones “could cut CO2 emissions for freight deliveries by half” – Cranfield University 

October 27, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

As part of the report, ‘UAVs: Unlocking positive transformation in the world’, Cranfield University has used its own modelling and primary data resources to compare the

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Which elements of the drone ecosystem fall within FAA type certification?

October 22, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

Andrew Carter, Co-founder & CTO of ResilienX   This is an edited version of the article “FAA Memo Specifies “Associated Elements for UAS Operations” republished

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“It is time, with measured and performance-based methodologies, that we enable BVLOS operations” – Tom Walker, DroneUp

September 10, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

What can we all do to help the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) enable beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations?  That was the question

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How 6G could transform the drone and UTM industries from Norway to Uganda

August 10, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The move from 5G to 6G mobile network communications will be more than a technical leap – it will require a fundamental

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Drone CNS and integration: SWIMming in the same direction?

July 13, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

Jan Cernan is a consultant with Egis Aviation. This commentary article was published first by Egis Aviation (https://www.egis-aviation.com/insight/drone-integration-swimming-in-the-same-direction/) and has been reproduced with permission of

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Laser-based C-UAS technology programmes – where the money is going https://www.unmannedairspace.info/counter-uas-systems-and-policies/laser-based-c-uas-technology-programmes-where-the-money-is-going/

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EHang launches new pilotless eVTOL – the VT35 https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/ehang-launches-new-pilotless-evtol-the-vt35/

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Altitude Angel enters into administration https://www.unmannedairspace.info/news-first/35094/

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