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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 Philip Butterworth-Hayes 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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28 Oct 2025

A report not getting enough attention.
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28 Oct 2025

Un updated overview of low-altitude traffic programmes in China – province by province https://www.unmannedairspace.info/uncategorized/un-updated-overview-of-low-altitude-traffic-programmes-in-china-province-by-province/

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27 Oct 2025

Will new US state policies on AAM strangle or accelerate the USA’s eVTOL industry? https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/emerging-regulations/will-new-us-state-policies-on-aam-strangle-or-accelerate-the-usas-evtol-industry/

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27 Oct 2025

Supporting Drone Strategy 2.0: SESAR U-space research reaches end of the beginning https://www.unmannedairspace.info/uncategorized/supporting-drone-strategy-2-0-sesar-u-space-research-reaches-end-of-the-beginning/

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25 Oct 2025

Florida DOT publishes its AAM network development plan https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/new-city-projects/florida-dot-publishes-its-aam-network-development-plan/

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Norway opens U-space sandbox trials next month – “full commercial operations in 2026” https://www.unmannedairspace.info/uncategorized/norway-opens-u-space-sandbox-trials-next-month-full-commercial-operations-in-2026/

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