The SESAR JU Unmanned Aerial Mobility (UAM) programme SAFIR-Med, which is testing medical deliveries between healthcare centres in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, has announced
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Pre-registration of drones opens as part of new legislative measures in Japan
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has mandated registration of drones weighing more than 100 g from 2022 under new legislation aimed at
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Portugal launches UAM medical delivery corridors between Porto hospitals
Portugal’s Hospital de São João in Porto is testing “new technology-based solutions, in order to speed up the response in emergency situations, as well as
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Volocopter establishes joint venture in Saudi Arabia to create bespoke public eVTOL mobility system
Urban air mobility (UAM) company Volocopter and Saudi Arabia’s NEOM region have established a joint venture (JV) company to design, implement, and operate a bespoke
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HHLA and Iris Automation link “to provide safe control of 100 drones through a single centre”
Germany-based HHLA Sky and US-based Iris Automation have announce a partnership to “improve two of the current most challenging tasks in drone operations beyond visual
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Controllers at Rennes airport now use Thales’ TopSky-UAS to manage drone traffic
Thales’s TopSky unmanned aircraft system (TopSky-UAS) traffic management system has been introduced by air traffic controllers at Rennes airport in Brittany, France, to manage drone
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FAA launches 2021 holiday “twelve days of drones” safety campaign
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched its 12 Days of Drones campaign to educate the public about the rules, regulations and best practices
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French regulator publishes SORA guide, sets out expectations for safe drone operations
The French civil aviation authority (DGAC) has published a guide to support operators of drone systems wishing to prepare a safety study. The guide to
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Korean DROW4D UTM platform supports autonomous BVLOS operations in recent demonstration
An initiative in Korea led by CLROBUR (a subsidiary of Born2Global Centre) aims to create an innovation ecosystem for free economic zones. CLROBUR has developed
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Blue Bear demonstrates beyond visual line of sight operations simultaneously with manned aviation
Blue Bear Systems Research reports successfully completion of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights using the 16km National BVLOS Experimentation Centre (NBEC) corridor which
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