Calls by US Congress to field a low collateral Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) in 2021 is looking unlikely according to an article published in
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Category: Commentary
U-space regulation in Europe: approved rules and the next steps
Philippe Carous of Erkelens Law in Brussels provides a summary of the recent U-space regulatory package and looks at the likely next steps of further
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The UTM industry is facing a financial crisis – business models no longer work
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The global UTM/U-space service supplier (USS) market is facing a major crisis before it really takes off – for most suppliers there
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Establishing and validating performance requirements for UTM
There is a need to define an appropriate set of UAS requirements for base UAS Traffic Management UTM capabilities, says Andy Thurling, NUAIR Chief Technology
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Why Silicon Valley Agile engineering approaches won’t work for urban air mobility
“Smart City” efforts appear to be significantly behind where they can and should be in ensuring safe urban environments for new air and ground services
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Adding UTM to counter UAS will make a whole pizza, instead of just a single slice
By Amit Ganjoo, Founder and CEO of ANRA Technologies This industry faces a situation similar to that faced by manned aviation faced about 80 years
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Urban air safety and societal requirements
By Gary Cutts, Challenge Director, Future Flight, UK Research and Innovation The UK has been at the forefront of aviation for more than 100 years.
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How should we start to define safety risks for UAM/AAM operations?
By David Gleave Setting the target level of safety for unmanned operations has been causing difficulties across the industry for a while. This article seeks
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EASA’s proposed air taxi certification rules “suffer from silo approach to safety”
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its proposed methods on how to certify hybrid or electric air taxis. David Gleave, safety editor with Unmanned Publications,
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“COVID-19 has increased drone technology investment and sped regulatory action” – Canaccord white paper
A Q2/20 follow-on report released by global investment bank Canaccord Genuity says the drone ecosystem will grow as a result of COVID-19, reports UAS Vision.
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