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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Category: Commentary
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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Positioning the COVID-19 drone response: delivering medicines but removing privacy rights?
By Chris Stonor At the start of May a French judge ruled in favour of allowing the Interior Ministry to continue to use drones to
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Data security: the critical foundation of remote ID
By Jon Hegranes, founder and CEO of Kittyhawk This commentary was first published on the Kittyhawk website https://kittyhawk.io/blog/data-security-the-critical-foundation-for-remote-id/ on 29 January 2020 and is being
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“Time is running out for operators to register their drones in India”
Drone operators in India have until 31 January 2020 to register their drones. Drone Help Line has received multiple requests from industry seeking clarity on
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US UTM companies like the FAA’s remote ID proposal – but will need to write new business plans
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Major unmanned air system (UAS) traffic management companies in the USA have welcomed the Federal Aviation Administration’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
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The FAA’s Remote ID (RID) NPRM: 87 pages of mostly common sense; 88,645 words of seemingly good intentions, one unnerving blind-spot
By: Tom Walker There have been dozens of articles written that break down the recently published “Public Inspection Document” version of the Remote ID (RID)
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Comparing the cost-effectiveness of drones v ground vehicles for medical, food and parcel deliveries
By Thiago Tavares, VVA Brussels According to the United Nations[1], more than 55% of the world’s population lived in urban settlements in 2018 and 60%
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Drone flight safety management – the view from NUAIR
By Scott “Gripper” Brenton, NUAIR Chief of Safety This post Drone Flight Safety Management appeared first on the NUAIR website (https://nuair.org/2019/11/04/drone-flight-safety-management/) and has been republished with
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