Financial news organisation Finbold.com reports that: “by the end of 2019, total investment in the (drone) industry was a record high of USD1.2 billion, a
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International regulatory bodies acknowledge risk of falling behind in ICAO-led discussion on urban air mobility
ICAO’s Air Navigation Commission (ANC) hosted a discussion with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and standards agency Eurocae on Urban Air Mobility (UAM) on
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EASA’s proposed air taxi certification rules “suffer from silo approach to safety”
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its proposed methods on how to certify hybrid or electric air taxis. David Gleave, safety editor with Unmanned Publications,
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NASA releases initial concept of operations for high altitude airspace traffic management
US National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA) Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI) has released an initial concept of operations (ConOps V1) and associated operational requirements for cooperative
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“Bringing drone operations into perspective” – new survey
By Peter van Blyenburgh “Global UAS OPS” is now online. This is an international survey on drone operations (current & upcoming) and is available in
Read moreEurocae invites comments on draft performance standards for RPAS emergency recovery functions
European standards agency Eurocae has released a draft document prepared by Eurocae Working Group 105 SG-53 “ERA – Automation and Emergency Recovery ” for open
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Three new full members join GUTMA: AltBird Robotics, D3 Technologies, and skeyes
The Global Unmanned Traffic Management Association (GUTMA) has welcomed three new full members. They include a provider of drone services, AltBird Robotics; engineering company D3
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“COVID-19 has increased drone technology investment and sped regulatory action” – Canaccord white paper
A Q2/20 follow-on report released by global investment bank Canaccord Genuity says the drone ecosystem will grow as a result of COVID-19, reports UAS Vision.
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New Citadel Defense software detects rogue drone signals
Counter drone technology company Citadel Defense has released new software incorporating ‘deepfake neural networks’ to protect against adversarial attacks on protected airspace. The technology is
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Germany’s Droniq now supports long-range drone flights and offers integrated insurance
Droniq, Germany’s UTM joint-venture company owned by DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) and Deutsche Telekom AG – has launched “the first fully operational traffic management
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