By Michael Currie, CEO, Fling The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) and the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) have signed a Memorandum
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Category: Commentary
The drone threat: a guide to the bad and the very bad actors
In the wake of an environmental activist group threat to close London/Heathrow airport by flying drones close to the airport perimeter, Tony Reeves of Level
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EASA, European Commission U-Space workshop sets out ground-breaking regulatory schedule
By Andrew Charlton At the opening of the first consultation on a framework regulation for U-Space, jointly arranged on May 14 by the European Aviation
Read more“The FAA must move quickly to adopt formal drone detection technology standards for US airports”
Joerg Lamprecht is CEO and co-founder at Dedrone. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has set out a series of guidance statements on counter drone
Read moreDrone flights over people: industry responds to the NPRM
Matt Fanelli is director of strategy for Skyward, A Verizon company. This article originally appeared on Skyward’s blog The FAA is working to standardize drone
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Winter is coming – a 2019 forecast for the commercial drone and UTM industries
If the global economic trends of the last six decades continue then in the next 18 months there will be a major recession among Western
Read moreEuropean Commission’s U-space demonstrator network: ambitions, challenges and threats
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The launch on October 19 in Antwerp of the European Union Network of U-space Demonstrators by transport commissioner Violete Bulc is a
Read moreICAO, drones and the threat of differing national regulations and gaps in standards
A personal view by Peter van Blyenburgh, founder and president of UVS International (https://uvs-international.org) and CEO of Blyenburgh & Co, France (https://rps-info.com & https://rpas-regulations.com) At
Read moreFAA Reauthorization Act passes first hurdle – drone industry approves, others are worried
On 26 September the U.S. House of Representatives voted by 398 votes to 23 to pass the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R.
Read moreThree take-aways from ICAO’s Drone Enable 2: Answers as well as questions to UTM/ATM integration
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Integrating two completely different cultural, institutional and technical airspace management systems was never going to be easy but what Drone Enable 2
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