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Comparing the cost-effectiveness of drones v ground vehicles for medical, food and parcel deliveries

November 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

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

November 5, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

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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Drones over Brooklyn: the public’s perception of drones is not what you think

October 23, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

In the first of two articles, futurist writer Chris Stonor looks at the underlying cultural undercurrents which are driving the public’s views of drones –

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Gatwick drone-incident police report raises more questions than it answers

October 6, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Counter-UAS systems and policies

By Tony Reeves of Level7 Expertise  In a statement released early on 27 September 2019, the Head of Operations Command for Sussex Police in the

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EGNSS4RPAS trial show European GNSS networks support drone operations in urban environments

October 1, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, UAS traffic management news

Karel Callewaert, Senior Consultant, VVA VVA, together with GMV and CATEC, has been contracted by the European Commission’s DG GROW to provide support to the standardisation

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Saudi oil refinery attacks suggests States will have to re-think counter-UAS strategies

September 17, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

By Tony Reeves of Level 7 Expertise The recent attacks on two Saudi oil installations have been widely reported to be coordinated attacks by long-range

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Will UTM eventually spell the demise of the commercial drone operator?

September 16, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

Tim McCarthy, Senior Lecturer (Dept of Computer Science), Maynooth University (Dublin, Ireland) In this short article “a commercial drone operator” is taken to mean any

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“New research shows how European GNSS networks enhance drone navigational performance”

September 12, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, UAS traffic management news

Karel Callewaert, Senior Consultant, VVA VVA, together with GMV and CATEC, has been contracted by the European Commission’s DG GROW to provide support to the

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EASA’s Ky urges stakeholders to agree drone safety, noise targets

September 11, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Emerging regulations, UAS traffic management news

Speaking to the transport committee of the European Parliament at the start of September, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) executive director Patrick Ky urged all

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JARUS publishes regulatory categories for UAS operations

September 4, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Civil/military integration, Commentary, Emerging regulations, UAS traffic management news

The Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS) has published the JARUS UAS Operational Categorisation document on the RPAS website to define the level

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28 Oct

A report not getting enough attention.
Thankful for @BlakistonLaw's analysis of the situation.

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28 Oct

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

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

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

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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