On 20 and 21 May NASA entered the final stage of testing its NASA UTM platform as part of the Technical Capability Level (TCL) 4
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Category: UAS traffic management news
European Commission replaces national drone rules with EU law
On 24 May the European Commission adopted European Union rules “to ensure increasing drone traffic across Europe is safe and secure for people on the
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Altitude Angel to provide geospatial data to new Dronecloud operator platform
UK UTM company Altitude Angel has today announced it is to become the geodata supplier to drone operations management platform Dronecloud. Altitude Angel’s GuardianUTM airspace
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FAA adds LAANC drone flight authorisation programme to contract towers and airports
Starting from 23 May more than 100 control towers and airports will be added to the hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic facilities and airports that currently
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DJI to add ADS-B to drones over 250 grams from 2020
DJI has announced that it is committed to installing AirSense technology that receives ADS-B signals from nearby airplanes and helicopters into every DJI drone over
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Next U-Space network workshop will be held on 9 July at Eurocontrol
Organised by the European Commission and supported by Eurocontrol, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU), the third U-Space network workshop
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UK CAA brings together UTM, UAM and advanced ATM companies to research future regulations
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has launched a new research initiative to bring together urban air mobility, UTM and ATM companies to work together to
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NASA starts public demonstrations of urban UTM system
NASA is conducting field demonstrations of small drones navigating urban landscapes in Reno, Nevada, and Corpus Christi, Texas, May through August 2019. These demonstrations will complete
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US Transportation Department announces new members to the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has announced new appointments to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). According to the agency: “The DAC
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FAA introduces restrictions on recreational drone flights near airports
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is implementing changes for recreational drone flyers mandated by Congress in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. According to the FAA: “While
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