The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved additional test flights, authorising the Kansas Department of Transportation to conduct UAS airport inspection flights at Wichita Dwight
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Category: UAS traffic management tenders
Eurocontrol issues tender for drone collision risk assessment tool demonstrator
Eurocontrol invites submissions to undertake the definition, development and implementation of a Drone Traffic Collision Risk Assessment Tool Demonstrator which will enable analysis of drone-related
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LVNL issues tender for prototype UTM system for the Netherlands
Air Traffic Control the Netherlands (LVNL) has issued a tender on the national electronic tender site Platform Negometrix for a prototype national UAS traffic management
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NASA launches competition to address airspace safety risks
Safeguarding flights in US airspace is the aim of a new competition launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center in
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US DOT research centre seeks CNS/ATM/UTM system design support
The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, seeks a contractor to support work to
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Norway’s Avinor announces tender details for a national UTM system
Norway’s air navigation service provider Avinor has issued preliminary tender information for a national UTM system. According to a translation of the tender document: “Avinor
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European Defence Agency invites research into safe RPAS integration
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has extended the deadline for submissions to conduct a study on “Accommodation validation for MALE-type Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS)
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LFV issues tender for a study on a UTM system for Sweden
Sweden’s air navigation service provider LFV has issued a request for information from interested parties to develop a “pre-study” for a nationwide UTM system. According
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Fukushima drone test-bed researchers issue API-based UTM specification request
Researchers in Japan testing UTM and drone operating concepts at the Fukushima Robot Test Field have issued a request for information for UTM suppliers to
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US ATO seeks engineering support advice to improve NAS resilience, compatibility with UAS
The Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Operational Concepts, Validation, and Requirements Directorate (AJV-7) For Systems Engineering and Technical Support Services has issued a call for tender
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