International standards agency ASTM has published F3623-23 standard specification for surveillance supplementary data service providers (SDSP). The SDSP standard provides benchmark requirements for collecting air
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Category: Emerging regulations
Insights into FAA ARC 383 on UAS Detection and Mitigation Systems
Echodyne recently posted a series of insights illuminating key aspects of the US Federal Aviation Administration’s recent Aviation Rulemaking Committee focused on UAS detection and
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UK CAA consults on new proposals to help unlock beyond visual line of sight operations
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has put forward new proposals to help unlock drones flying beyond visual line of sight of Remote Pilots. Inspections of railways,
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Launch and re-entry approvals among FAA Commercial Space Conference topics – Feb 21-22
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is hosting the Commercial Space Conference on 21-22 February 2024 in partnership with the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. This year’s theme
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US Congress advances bill to ban Chinese drones from US federal agency services
The US House of Representatives has taken another step towards passing the “Countering CCP Drones Act” into law, effectively forbidding federal agencies from buying –
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EASA dissemination event for Shepherd UAS standards research project – 23 April
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is hosting an online dissemination event for the research project SHEPHERD UAS standards on 23 April 10.00 to 12.00
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ASTM focus group accepts GUTMA recommendations for USSP interoperability
The international standards body ASTM Focus Group has officially accepted GUTMA’s recommendations and updated the mapping of ASTM standards F3411-22a and F3548-21 accordingly, says GUTMA. This accomplishment stems from
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ASTM publishes performance standard F3673-23 for weather data interfaces
International standards body ASTM F38 committee has published the Standard Specification for Performance for Weather Information Reports, Data Interfaces, and Weather Information Providers (WIPs) framework. This performance
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Eurocae publishes ED-328 standard for geo awareness technical specifications
Standards agency Eurocae working group WG-105 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) has published a new standard, ED-318 technical specification for geographical zones and U-space data provision
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JARUS releases white paper addressing automation of the airspace environment
The Joint Authorities for Rulemaking of Unmanned Systems (JARUS) has announced the release of its whitepaper addressing the considerations for the automation of the airspace
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