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Joint RTCA/FAA webinar calls for UAM corridors and stronger regulatory framework

October 4, 2023 Jenny Beechener Commentary, Emerging regulations, UAS traffic management news, Urban air mobility

On Wednesday, September 13, RTCA presented Webinar audience members from 40 countries with a discussion of FAA’s Urban Air Mobility (UAM) ConOps, version 2.0.  Dr.

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An urgent matter of drones: What NATO should learn from UAS operations in Ukraine

September 29, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Counter-UAS systems and policies

By Tim Mahon A recent report published by the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington, DC, focuses attention on what the UAS and

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Lessons learned in Ukraine: are they the right ones?

September 28, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Counter-UAS systems and policies

by Tim Mahon The C-UAS community – in common with almost every other sector of the broad defence and security worlds – focuses a great

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Eurocontrol paper simulates safety and efficiency impacts of airspace constraints in U-space airspace

September 21, 2023 Jenny Beechener Commentary, UAS traffic management news, Urban air mobility

A paper published by Eurocontrol, written by experts from Eurocontrol and Airbus, demonstrates the use of simulation to quantify the safety and efficiency implications of

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DSEI 2023: “We have eighteen months before the next generation of battlefield drone threats emerges”

September 18, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Counter-UAS systems and policies

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes We are at least eighteen months away from the next generation of drone threats appearing on the battlefield, according to drone defence

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Last call for abstracts for 10th Space Traffic Management conference in Austin, Feb 27-28, 2024

September 12, 2023 Jenny Beechener Commentary, Space traffic management, UAS traffic management news

The call for abstract papers for the 10th Space Traffic Management conference taking place in Austin, Feb 27-28, 2024, is due to close on 15

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UAM/AAM reality check: fire training-course approvals as important as airworthiness certificates

August 29, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Urban air mobility

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The rate of progress in the evolution of the global urban air mobility market is determined largely by the speed with which

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EU Drones Regulation – unpicking EASA’s Means of Compliance for light UAS

August 24, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

By Nathanel Apter EASA has published the Means of Compliance to Light-UAS.2512 and is currently externally consulting several Means of Compliance. But what are those

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UTM industry gives cautious welcome to the FAA’s latest UTM implementation plan

August 21, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes There are two ways of looking at the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s UTM Implementation Plan, published earlier in the month. The

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Guide to Part 89 Remote ID requirements for drone operators, Rupprecht Law guidance

August 17, 2023 Jenny Beechener Commentary, Emerging regulations, UAS traffic management news, Urban air mobility

Drone law company Rupprecht Law has released a guide to Part 89 Remote ID (requirements, waivers, list of modules & drones). The document addresses issues

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EMERGING REGULATIONS

Harmonized Skies 2025 – more harmonized in the USA than in Europe

November 9, 2025

South Africa proposes mandatory registration and drone corridors

October 20, 2025

JEDA publishes Standard Scenario Scoping White Paper

October 6, 2025

EuroUSC “continues drive to adapt civil UAS operations standards to military applications”

October 2, 2025

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Four specialized applications of local UTM

November 11, 2025

High precision counter-drone lethality – how EOS has closed the capability gap

November 3, 2025

Parts 108 and 146: Has the FAA kick-started a new era of aviation?

October 1, 2025

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September 4, 2025
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28 Oct

A report not getting enough attention.
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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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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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