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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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Drone REGIM announces new focus objectives

September 3, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

By Peter van Blyenburgh In accordance with the decisions taken at the Drone REGIM meeting on 23 May 2019, and taking into account additionally received

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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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28 Oct

A report not getting enough attention.
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@unmanndairspace ·
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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