India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have launched the Government Authorisation for Relief Using Drones (GARUD) portal to
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Category: Emerging regulations
“ISO to develop standards for small cargo drones vertiports” – EuroUSC-Italia
On 27 April 2020, ISO Technical Committee TC/20 (Aerospace) approved the launch of the New Work Item (NWI) 5015-2 to develop an international standard on
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UK CAA delays introduction of European UAS regulation until November 2020
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced it is to delay the introduction of the European Commission Implementing Regulation (IR) relating to the procedures
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EASA invites comments on proposed rule amendment to support BVLOS operations
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) to clarify the conditions under which unmanned aircraft system (UAS) beyond
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SUGUS invites respondents to take part in survey investigating drone regulation needs
The European Solution for E-GNSS U-Space Service (SUGUS) project is inviting respondents to participate in a survey to identify and analyse needs to achieve safe
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Kenya passes law to permit drone operations and set up registration and licensing framework
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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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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