European standards agency Eurocae and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) have agreed to work together on developing aviation industry standards. The Memorandum of Understanding
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Traffic downturn allows Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to test a range of drone services
Dutch air navigation service provider LVNL seized the opportunity to test a number of innovative drone applications after traffic was greatly reduced as a result
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Spanish operator SCR receives authorisation to fly drones weighing between 2kg and 25kg BVLOS
The Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency (AESA) has issued drone company SCR authorisation to perform flights beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) with drones
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Mississippi State University to lead US safety programme
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has designated Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory as the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Safety Research Facility.
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NASA publishes research findings of high-density, urban UTM trials
A lack of standardization in referencing altitudes across components in the small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) domain is a hurdle to implementing UTM systems in
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Samsung demonstrates drone-based AI solution to improve 4G and 5G tower maintenance
Samsung Electronics has demonstrated a new antenna configuration measurement solution for 4G and 5G networks in the company’s campus. Samsung says the automated solution simplified
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Connectivity boost for Indian BVLOS trial with Vodafone Idea-Zomato partnership – MediaNama
A report published by Medianama says Vodafone idea is to participate in India’s drone ecosystem by partnering with Zomato in the upcoming beyond visual line
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ANRA, Switch and NIAS win FAA contract to trial scalable UTM services
Technology infrastructure company Switch in partnership with UTM service provider ANRA Technologies and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS), have received a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract
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SkyGrid white paper says blockchain “critical for the airspace systems of tomorrow”
UTM company SkyGrid has published a White Paper about the power of blockchain in unmanned aviation. The document examines the benefits of blockchain for drones
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ST Engineering drone maintenance authorisation anticipates wider aerodrome use
Approval by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) for ST Engineering to operate its DroScan drone solution to carry out General Visual Inspection (GVI)
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