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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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FAA Reauthorization Act passes first hurdle – drone industry approves, others are worried

September 27, 2018 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

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.

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Three take-aways from ICAO’s Drone Enable 2: Answers as well as questions to UTM/ATM integration

September 20, 2018 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

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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EASA proposes wide range of amended rules to tighten security of drone operations in the EU

September 21, 2026

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September 9, 2026

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September 8, 2026

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September 4, 2026

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28 Oct

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

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Philip Butterworth-Hayes

@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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24 Oct

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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