The ICAO Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Panel (RPASP) has created a draft update of ICAO Document 10019, Manual on Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). The
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FAA releases USD5.8 million research funding in first round of ASSURE university grants for 2021
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced USD5.8 million in research, education and training grants to universities that comprise FAA’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence
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ANRA Technologies joins UK innovation sandbox, trials at Goodwood Aerodrome due in 2021
Already a part of the UK project to to demonstrate Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations in non-segregated airspace alongside
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German research centre tests safe integration of drones in complex environments
German aerospace research centre, DLR, is part of the 2018 City-ATM project which runs until the end of 2021. In Autumn 2020, City-ATM flights tests
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Latvia completes remote drone deliveries using mobile network
A joint effort by Latvian Mobile Telephone (LMT), SPH Engineering and DPD Latvija completed a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight using the mobile
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Israel to test compatibility of commercial drone delivery operations within an existing UTM/ATM system
Between March 21 and April 1 2021, the Israeli Ministry of Transport will conduct trials of drone delivery companies to understand how these might work
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Skyward and UPS announce plans to test 5G ultra wideband, launch connected drone delivery at CES 2021
Skyward, a Verizon company, and UPS Flight Forward have announced collaborative efforts to deliver retail products with drones connected to Verizon 4G LTE, as well
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EUROCAE seeks participants to develop standards for testing UAS ground segment equipment
European standards agency Eurocae has issued a call for participants to WG-14 to work on “recommended practices for testing of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) ground
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Scottish drone port receives GBP5.6 million government grant to establish offshore trial airspace
The UK and Scottish governments announced GBP5.6 million investment in mid-December to support development of Scotland’s first trial drone airspace, called Montrose Drone Port. The
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“AirXOS to stop operations in February” – sUAS News
sUAS News reports that GE’s UTM company AirXOS has announced it will cease operations from the start of February. According to a statement from Mark
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