There are five main obstacles to extending civil drone use cases in Europe: regulation, resistance from sectors, uncertainty over how to best use drones, budgets
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Category: Emerging regulations
JEDA and ASTM partner to align European operations with global standards
The Joint European Drone Associations (JEDA) and ASTM International today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the XPONENTIAL Europe Drone event
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ICAO “agrees foundational principles of RPAS integration – next stage UTM and C-UAS”
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Panel completed its latest round of work on March 20, 2026 “reaching the final
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CASA invites comments on Australian SORA framework
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is consulting on a draft advisory circular (AC) for the Australian Specific Operations Risk Assessment (AusSORA) framework to better
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FAA releases TSOs for detect and avoid and air-to-air radar systems
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released two technical standing orders, TSO-C211a and TSO-C212a, which establish the minimum performance standards for Detect and
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UK CAA says electronic conspicuity is “not the panacea” as it publishes EC Technical ConOps
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published its Technical Concept of Operations, which sets out how electronic conspicuity (EC) will be used to integrate
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SkyGrid, Wisk Aero propose new class of flight rules to enable automated AAM operations
SkyGrid and Wisk Aero have released a new white paper, Enabling Scalable Urban Air Mobility Through Automated Flight Rules, outlining how Automated Flight Rules (AFR)
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Will the EU’s new counter drone package speed or slow the adoption of U-space?
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The European Commission’s EU Action Plan on Drone and Counter Drone Security should in theory speed up the adoption of U-space throughout the
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EUROCAE publishes U-space data exchange standard
EUROCAE has announced the publication of its ED-339 standard, Data Exchange ICD (Interface Control Document) defining how Remote Identification (NID) exchanges between U-space service providers
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Australian government introduces new counter-UAS regulations and capabilities
The Australian government has set up a new industry panel to advise Defence and other Australian Government agencies on counter small uncrewed aerial systems (CsUAS)
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