The Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV) and partners at the Unmanned Systems Center at the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC), the Virginia Department of Transportation
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Microavia becomes latest member to join global UTM association GUTMA
The latest member to join the global uncrewed traffic management association (GUTMA), Microavia, designs and produces UAV systems for industrial use. The company offers a
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems “completes DAA flight tests for FAA”
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems reports it has recently completed a series of test flights for the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to demonstrate mature detect
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ADW 2022: Switzerland’s FOCA has 40 USSP candidates but calls for automated certification process
Switzerland’s FOCA has received 40 expressions of interest from U-space service providers (USSPs) to provide U-space traffic management services in Switzerland (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/uncategorized/swiss-aviation-authority-invites-expressions-of-interest-for-provision-of-u-space-services-in-switzerland/) “This signals the
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ADW 2022: First SESAR 3 JU call to set aside EUR 95 million to support U-space and stimulate market uptake
The SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking will announce details on April 7 of plans of up to EUR 60 million funding for UAS related Digital European
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Flying Forward to start autonomous drone operation trials at Eindhoven HTCE
European Union funded urban air mobility research programme Flying Forward 2020 (FF2020) has announced it will initiate autonomous drone demonstrations on High Tech Campus Eindhoven (HTCE). FF2020 has been developing
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New York coalition applies for regional funding to further develop and deploy drone operations
CenterState CEO and a coalition of 57 public, private, nonprofit, academic and for-profit entities across Central New York and the Mohawk Valley joined together to
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US government issues counter drone report highlighting safety and security risks of drones
The US Government Accountability Office (GOA) has issued a Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics addressing counter drone technologies for uncrewed aircraft systems, or drones. The
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Port of Rotterdam launches market consultation for prototype U-Space airspace
The Port of Rotterdam is preparing its airspace and procedures and today it has launched a market consultation for parties that can support the U-space
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European safety agency issues world’s first design specification for vertiports
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published the world’s first guidance for the design of vertiports, the ground infrastructure needed for the safe
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