Canada’s air navigation service provider, Nav Canada, launched NAV Drone this week. Designed to help drone pilots and operators safely and legally fly their remotely piloted
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Category: UAS traffic management news
US UTM company “Kittyhawk” rebrands as “Aloft Technologies Inc”
UTM company Kittyhawk has been renamed to Aloft Technologies, Inc. According to a 2 June 2021 press release: “Today, Aloft is the largest UTM network
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The tough task for European U-space providers: balancing compliance with competition – GUTMA webinar
By Jenny Beechener Just 18 months remain before European regulation (EU) 2021/664 comes into force, setting minimum operating requirements for safe unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
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NASA selects Crown Consulting to develop advanced air mobility community integration platform
The US National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded Crown Consulting a small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to develop a platform for informing
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Europe plans to develop ‘Drone Strategy 2.0’ ready for adoption in 2022 to align with sustainability and smart mobility goals
The European Commission has announced its intention to adopt a Drone Strategy 2.0 in 2022 to further develop drones as part of the region’s sustainable
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UK CAA publishes guidance to support beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published guidance describing how the regulator is working with the industry to get progress towards safe routing beyond
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NASA publishes concept of operations for high density vertiport operations
The US National Aeronautical and Space Administration has released a concept of operations for high density vertiport operations. The publication provides a guide for future
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Rostec precision navigation system designed to be compatible with GPS and Glonass signals
A strapdown inertial navigation system produced by KRET Group within the state tech corporation Rostec is due to be fitted to Russian unmanned aerial vehicles,
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Thales and Clearance work together to manage drone flights near Lille airport
Two specialist companies providing Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) services, Clearance and Thales, are working together to interconnect their respective platforms to allow drone pilots to
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Europe’s network of U-space demonstrators publishes inventory of test centres
The European Network of U-space Demonstrators has created an inventory of U-space test centres, including their value proposition, the specific services they offer, organisations that
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