LTE connectivity provided by Ericsson successfully supported beyond-visual-line-of-sight deliveries of emergency medical supplies in tests carried out on Ontario, Canada, on 21-22 September 2019. The
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Category: UAS traffic management news
UPS Flight Forward wins FAA’s full approval for drone airline operations
by Michael Willoughby UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward announced yesterday that it had received the US’ government’s first full Part 135 Standard certification to operate
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Poland’s PANSA launches next stage in its nationwide digital UTM programme
On October 1, 2019, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) in Warsaw, presented its “Digital Services for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” strategy to government partners
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Frequentis, Dimetor partner to speed development of BVLOS operations
Frequentis and Dimetor have announced a partnership to speed the development of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations. “So far, the use of
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GUTMA’s Secretary General Fanni Lukácsy announces departure
In a social media post of 1 October 2019 GUTMA’s Secretary General Fanni Lukácy announces she is stepping down from her current post at the association.
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EGNSS4RPAS trial show European GNSS networks support drone operations in urban environments
Karel Callewaert, Senior Consultant, VVA VVA, together with GMV and CATEC, has been contracted by the European Commission’s DG GROW to provide support to the standardisation
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UK outlines its vision for a national UTM system
A new report from the UK’s Department for Transport’s Connected Places Catapult (CPC), NATS, Altitude Angel, ANRA Technologies, Cranfield University, the Satellite Applications Catapult and
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Europe finalises its drone traffic management concept of operations plan
Project members of the CORUS (Concept of Operation for EuRopean UTM Systems) project announced on September 30 the finalised version of the first Concept of
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Blue Bear tests ADS-B-equipped drones in the UK
Blue Bear’s Blackstart drone conducted the first Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) equipped flights in the National BVLOS Experimental Corridor (NBEC) in Bedfordshire, UK.
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FAA and ten other organisations join GUTMA
The Global UTM Association (GUTMA) has announced the following organisations have recently joined the association: ACR – Aviation Capacity Resources AB is a Terminal Air Navigation Service
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