Emerging regulations - Unmanned airspace

UK to leave European Commission and EASA drone and U-space regulatory regimes

March 9, 2020 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Emerging regulations

The UK’s Department for Transport has confirmed it will leave the regulatory regime for drone services and U-space developed by the European Commission and the

AOPA calls on the FAA “to eliminate unnecessary costs and burdens” from proposed drone legislation

March 4, 2020 Jenny Beechener Emerging regulations

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) recommends the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) “eliminate unnecessary costs and burdens in its proposed ruling for remote identification

AUVSI calls for FAA to incentivise voluntary compliance with remote ID standards for drones

March 3, 2020 Jenny Beechener Emerging regulations

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has submitted its formal comments on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for

Japan passes bill to support development of 5G and drone technologies

February 25, 2020 Jenny Beechener Emerging regulations

The Japanese government has passed a bill supporting 5G developing across Japan. The government will submit the bill to the parliament and aims to bring

New members join the FAA Drone Advisory Committee

February 21, 2020 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Emerging regulations

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced it has appointed two new members to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). The new members are

EUROCAE calls for participants to create safe UAS operational standards in the “specific” category

February 21, 2020 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Emerging regulations

European-based standards body EUROCAE has opened a call for participation in EUROCAE WG-117, to develop a comprehensive compliant development standard identified to provide assurance as

South Korea “to introduce tighter drone registration laws from May 2020”

February 19, 2020 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Emerging regulations

Numerous press reports say the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport is planning to introduce new laws in May this year which will

Drone Alliance Europe proposes open, competitive European U-Space architecture

February 19, 2020 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Emerging regulations

The Drone Alliance Europe, a coalition of technology companies representing the commercial drone industry, has published a white paper on U-Space in which it proposes

ICAO calls for industry submissions on UTM topics for publication at DRONE ENABLE/4

February 16, 2020 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Emerging regulations

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has published a request for information for States, industry, academia and other interested stakeholders to help fill in critical

FAA to hold next Drone Advisory Committee meeting on 27 February

February 14, 2020 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Emerging regulations

The next meeting of the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting will be held on 27 February at 9 AM ET.