SHEPHERD is a two-year research initiative funded by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) public contract Horizon Europe Project: UAS standard. SHEPHERD consortium members
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Several flights diverted as Dublin Airport halts traffic due to repeated drone disruption
Flights due to land at Dublin Airport had to divert to alternative airports at Shannon and Belfast airports on 6 February as a result of
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SESAR AURA project presents results of ATM/U-space interface research in virtual open day
SESAR Pj34-W3 AURA project members are hosting a virtual Open Day on 28 February 2023. Solution 1 will be presented by Indra, focused on ATM and U-space
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Spain launches airspace risk assessment programme to support U-space development
As part of U-space implementation work, Spain’s ministry of transport has launched a major new Airspace Risk Assessment (ARA) programme with Eurocontrol. The ARA is
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ACJA webinar to showcase progress by GSMA and GUTMA to connected ecosystem
A webinar presented by the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSMA) will take place on Wednesday 15 February to set out the achievements of the
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EASA invites applicants for role of Strategy and Safety Management Director
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) seeks a Strategy and Safety Management Director based at the agency’s headquarters in Cologne, Germany. Responsibilities include: provide vision,
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German transport ministry publishes strategy document outlining coordinated establishment of U-spaces
The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) has published a U-space Strategy aimed at improving the integration of drone traffic into the existing airspace.
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DARPA selects two teams to develop Liberty Lifter X-Plane programme
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected two teams to develop the Liberty Lifter X-plane concept launched in May 2022. The Liberty
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Urban drone/eVTOL benefits and obstacles: AI, rules, public perception explored in expert workshop
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Public demonstrations of the positive benefits of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) and drones by comparing the noise of eVTOLs
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HENSOLDT, Fraunhofer and German space agency work together on space surveillance radar
Sensor specialist HENSOLDT has agreed to cooperate with the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology FHR with the aim of transforming the
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