The UK Secretary of State for Transport has approved the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) latest Airspace Modernisation Strategy (AMS). This new version replaces the 2017/18
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Canada drone/light aircraft collision report – no injuries, fatalities “but see-and-avoid procedures failed”
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released its investigation report (A21O0069) into the August 2021 collision between a remotely piloted aircraft, commonly referred
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Drone delivery group white paper calls for unified approach to UK drone regulation
Drone Delivery Group has submitted a white paper entitled ‘A National Strategy for Drones Across Land, Sea and Air’ to the UK government. The proposal
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Swift Group and NEDO agree to develop a platform for UAVs and UAM planning for urban environments
Swift Engineering has announced its Japanese Subsidiary, Swift Xi, signed an agreement with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in a project called “Digital
Read moreAmazon drone delivery services among sectors affected by company redundancy policy
Amazon’s plans to lay off 18,000 workers across the company including retail activities have knock-on effects on Amazon’s drone delivery programme, says a report by
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DroneSec reports 60% increase in drone incidents in 2022 compared with 2021
Drone threat intelligence company DroneSec has published a review of major drone incidents recorded in 2022, compared with incidents in 2021. According to the report:
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Inmarsat launches compact satellite terminal to support UAV datalink communications
Inmarsat and the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced the development of a compact satellite terminal for Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as part of the
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Open Skies Cornwall programme testing drone operations in Falmouth harbour
Earlier this month, the Open Skies Cornwall consortium announced it had made its first drone flight in an urban environment as part of a UK
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World first: autonomous, multiple BVLOS urban drone flights take off in Israel
Israeli drone operator FlyTech IL, part of the Aerodrome Group (TASE: ARDM) together with their strategic partner FlightOps Ltd, have started a one-week operational trial
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Skyroads-led consortium progresses AAM technology testing site at Augsburg Airport
Skyroads AG has started equipping its automated flight test site at Augsburg Airport. The Munich-based company and its partners are developing a large-scale real-life laboratory
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