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Jakarta megacity highlights how urban air mobility can impact the developing world

July 12, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

This article, by Pamir Sevincel[1] reflects an official collaboration between The Aviary Project, a London-based Urban Air Mobility community aiming to bring UAM to the UK

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Drones start to make headway in UK maritime search and rescue operations

July 5, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

By Chris Stonor April 29th, 2019 may prove to be a decisive date for the UK’s Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) as well as the

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Thai government agencies link efforts to stimulate the domestic UAS industry

June 2, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

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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The drone threat: a guide to the bad and the very bad actors

May 31, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

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

May 17, 2019 admin Commentary

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

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“The FAA must move quickly to adopt formal drone detection technology standards for US airports”

May 9, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

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

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Drone flights over people: industry responds to the NPRM

May 1, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

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

December 24, 2018 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

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

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European Commission’s U-space demonstrator network: ambitions, challenges and threats

October 21, 2018 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

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

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ICAO, drones and the threat of differing national regulations and gaps in standards

October 9, 2018 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

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

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unmanndairspace Philip Butterworth-Hayes @unmanndairspace ·
13 Oct

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

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10 Oct

Skyfly Axe VCA awarded experimental flight permit by the FAA https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/skyfly-axe-vca-awarded-experimental-flight-permit-by-the-faa/

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8 Oct

Altitude Angel – a wake-up call for regulators and European security https://www.unmannedairspace.info/commentary/altitude-angel-a-wake-up-call-for-regulators-and-european-security/

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8 Oct

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

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7 Oct

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