The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced Earl Lawrence’s promotion to the Agency’s Executive Director for Aircraft Certification. Lawrence was previously Executive Director for
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Drone industry in India takes off with launch of registration, authorisation portal
On 1 December, the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation launched its Digital Sky Platform – to start the process of registering drones, pilots, and operators
Read moreVodafone reports “successful trial of 4G drone tracking technologies”
Vodafone Group reports it has successfully demonstrated how mobile networks could support the European’s Commission’s vision of safe long distance drone flights. Regulators will need
Read moreLockheed Martin wins US Army airborne counter-UAS contract
The US Department of Defense on 29 November announced that an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract has been awarded to Lockheed Martin for high-powered-microwave
Read moreAmsterdam joins EU’s EIP-SCC urban air mobility network
Amsterdam has become the latest city to join the European Union’s European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC) initiative (https://eu-smartcities.eu/initiatives/840/description). The agreement to
Read moreEUROCAE seeks more participants for its UTM Focus Team
EUROCAE is launching a Call for Participation to invite additional participants to the WG-105 Focus Team activities. It is expected to provide additional support in order to
Read moreAirHub integrates AirMap UTM capabilities in its flight planning, management system
AirHub, the drone management software platform for commercial drone operators in Europe, has announced the launch of a new application with integrated airspace services from
Read more“Public like emergency drones, otherwise sceptical” – NATS opinion poll results
The UK public remain sceptical about the use of drones, according to the latest figures released by the air traffic management service, NATS. Almost 80%
Read moreFrequentis develops drone location/video link to emergency services control rooms
Frequentis has developed an application which allows location data and video from drones to feed directly into workstations in the control centre of public safety
Read moreEASA high level conference ends with call to speed up competitive U-Space market
The “Amsterdam Declaration” (see below) was issued by the European Commission, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
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