Indian integrated transportation & distribution company Blue Dart, supported by India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) has selected Unified Traffic Management (UTM) provider Altitude
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Category: Emerging regulations
“Ground breaking performance-based rules on BVLOS and drone certification on the horizon” FAA Administrator
“For drone integration, we’ve done our best to allow for as much development and operational work as possible within the existing regulatory framework,” according to
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Regional development agency and Aeroscript to develop unmanned aerial technologies in Russia’s Sakhalin region
Sakhalin Region Development Corporation has signed a cooperation agreement with Aeroscript centred on a pilot project designed to support more accessible drone operations. Today, 30
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EUROCAE and ASTM International sign memorandum of understanding and align UTM, eVTOL areas of common interest
Representatives from global standards organizations the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) and the US standards agency ASTM International have signed a memorandum of
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FAA expects BVLOS aviation rule making committee recommendations in November
The Federal Aviation Administration’s Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) report is due this November, according to Jay Merkle, Executive Director of the
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NASA, FAA and industry partners apply UTM model to preliminary operational concept for higher airspace
US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate writer John Gould explains in a recent blog how the collaboration between NASA, the
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India’s Ministry of civil aviation publishes liberalised Drone Rules 2021, replaces existing more restrictive rules
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has replaced existing rules applying to Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) with new liberalised Drone Rules 2021. The previous rules
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Australian drone association seeks clarity on unmanned aircraft levy
The Australian Association for Unmanned Systems (AAUS) is seeking greater transparency on RPAS costs and revenue and has submitted a request under the Freedom of
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ANRA launches SmartSkies SORA risk assessment tool for drone operations in the EASA ‘specific’ category
U-space service provider ANRA has launched SmartSkies SORA, a fully integrated specified operations risk assessment capability that enables pilots to perform a risk assessment for
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New publication, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management: UTM, describes operational and regulatory environment
Michael S Baum is the author of a new book published by Taylor & Francis Ltd called Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management: UTM. The book
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