The Germany parliament has voted into law the EU drone regulations drawn up by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) by approving the draft law
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Category: Emerging regulations
Australian government publishes ‘emerging aviation technologies’ policy statement
Australia’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communities has published a National Emerging Aviation Technologies (NEAT) policy statement, intended to enable adoption of new
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Transport Canada forms drone advisory committee to inform policy for unmanned and automated craft
Transport Canada is launching a Canadian Drone Advisory Committee (CanaDAC) on 12 May 2021, which will provide a national forum for industry and other key
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Irish Aviation Authority launches consultation on rules for drones in the Dublin area
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has launched a public consultation on proposed changes to the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) geographical zone for the Dublin area,
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German drone operations benefit from permanent flight permits for predefined operations
Germany’s Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) company and drone service provider Droniq GmbH (a joint venture between DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung and Deutsche Telekom) has applied for
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FAA extends safety reporting programme to include events relating to unmanned systems
The FAA extended the Aviation Safety Reporting Program (ASRP) to UAS operators, including the protections offered through National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS), from mid-April. NASA’s ASRS has
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Italy’s FlyingBasket cargo drone operational licence extended to Germany
Germany’s National Civil Aviation Authority (Luftfahrt-Bundesamt – LBA) has extended the authorisation for drone operations issued by the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (Ente Nazionale per
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US drone associations criticise legislation introduced by several states restricting drone operations
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) have expressed concern regarding legislation introduced in several states, including Louisiana, Mississippi,
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Concept of operations on demand capacity balancing in U-space now available
The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) Demand And Capacity for U-space optimisation (DACUS) project has completed a first draft of a concept of operations for demand
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ICAO Drone Enable Symposium 2021: “Time to change the mindsets on airspace access”
By Jenny Beechener The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) approach to regulation is by incremental adjustment. “Uber/Tesla look at this in an entirely different way,”
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