Kenya’s parliament has approved the Civil Aviation (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Regulations, 2019 Act according to a report published by techweez. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority
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Category: Emerging regulations
AW Drones is developing standards repository to support faster SORA authorizations
A lack of a commonly agreed and certified standards to support beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights based on Specific Operations Risk Assessment
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EU States “request postponement of EU drone implementation rules”
Several European Member States are understood to have requested a postponement of the applicability date (July 1, 2020) of the European Union (EU) Implementation Regulation,
Read moreSwitzerland finalises Concept of Operations for the introduction of Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) services
Switzerland’s Federal office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) and the Swiss U-Space Implementation (SUSI) public-private partnership have finalised the first Concept of Operations (ConOps) for the
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NASA demonstrates safe RPAS flight above Southern California in cooperation with General Atomics Aeronautical systems
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA‑ASI) flew its SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in the skies above Southern California as part of a joint flight
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EASA publishes “world first urban drone traffic management rules”
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published the first view worldwide on the use and control of drones in an urban environment, balancing
Read moreAustralia defers drone registration until September 2020 in light of COVID-19
The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) announced the government has agreed to defer mandatory drone registration and accreditation until 30 September 2020. Drone registration
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ANSI invites comments on second version of unmanned aircraft standardisation road map
The US American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has released a draft of the Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Version 2.0) being developed by the Institute’s Unmanned
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SESAR summarises results of U-space research and demonstration projects in new publication
Two years on, from 2017 until end of 2019, SESAR JU and its partners have completed 19 research and demonstration projects, addressing everything from the
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EASA publishes U-space opinion – “common information service provider cannot be a USSP”
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its U-space opinion containing a draft regulation. As anticipated, the agency has stuck to its original proposal
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