The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is enhancing the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) to enable drone pilots to safely operate in even more
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FAA selects industry and academic partners to test solutions to advance BVLOS operations
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has contracted Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), a Raytheon Technologies business, to advance Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLoS) operations
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WATMC 2021: Seeing “UTM as a concept, not a thing” will result in faster development of support services
By Jenny Beechener Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) relies on a robust regulatory framework, secure networks and reliable data according to panel experts discussing “The push
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WATMC 2021: “You will be able to catch a flying taxi in Paris by 2024, accompanied by a pilot” says expert panel
By Jenny Beechener Panellists agreed by 2024, unmanned aerial mobility will be a reality in “certain areas” based on trials commencing in multiple locations. Volocopter
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WATMC 2021: Altitude Angel extends Inmarsat partnership with Velaris BVLOS connectivity services
Altitude Angel and Inmarsat have announced that Altitude Angel is confirmed as the first member of a new partnership network for Inmarsat’s Velaris connectivity solution. According to
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Indian government publishes policy framework for introducing UTM
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation has published an important high-level UTM roadmap in which stakeholder roles are defined and the next steps for UTM implementation
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WATMC 2021: CATS Global Council launches its vision of airspace management in 2045
The Complete Air Traffic System (CATS) Global Council, a forum of industry bodies, believes that a shared blueprint and joint action are vital to make
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WATMC 2021: ENAIRE to start UTM flight trials in February 2022
Spanish air navigation service provider ENAIRE will start the first flight campaign of its national UTM/U-space system in February 2022, with a separate common information
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WATMC 2021: Frequentis, Unmanned Experts join NASA AAM project
Frequentis, a global control centre communication provider, and Unmanned Experts, an autonomous robotics specialist, are joining the NASA Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project. The mission
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University of Zurich uses AI to train drones to avoid obstacles while flying at speed
A team from the University of Zurich has trained an artificial intelligence system to fly a drone in a virtual environment full of obstacles according
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