Volocopter is conducting its first Volocity flight in Paris during the Paris Air Forum on 21 June 2021, the start of a series of tests
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Airwayz Drones partners with Digiland to provide third party U-space services
Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) company Airwayz Drones has formed a strategic partnership with financing and operations company Digiland to provide ready-to-deploy fleet management solutions and
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Rome airport authority and air traffic agency sign letter of intent to advance air mobility
Italy’s sole authority for technical regulation, certification, supervision and control in the civil aviation sector, ENAC, has signed a letter of intent with ENAV-Aeroporti di
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Transport Canada approves Volatus BVLOS operations in six locations
Canadian regulator Transport Canada has granted a Special Flight Operating Certificate (SFOC) to drone operator Volatus to beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations in
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New European coalition aims to improve urban air mobility by establishing a regional UAM network, invites participants
A coalition between two EU-funded projects AiRMOUR and AURORA aims to improve the current urban airspace transport system in European cities through a collaborative network
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UK CAA to redefine lower airspace architecture to incorporate UTM, BVLOS and DAA procedures
By Jenny Beechener “Development of a vision and a roadmap for lower airspace” has been added to the substantial review of the UK’s Airspace Modernisation
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UK Catapult publishes findings of three-year programme and path for wide-scale drone adoption
The UK Government’s Connected Places Catapult research incubator, Department for Transport (DfT), CAA and industry partners have released the results of a six-month simulation of
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Sumitomo looks to quantum computing to support safe operation of thousands of unmanned vehicles
Sumitomo Corporation, Tohoku University and OneSky have commenced a pilot program for developing thousands of flight routes for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) vehicles by quantum
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Canadian drone detection pilot programme reports high success rate at Ottawa International
The Ottawa International Airport Authority reports early success during a drone detection pilot project in collaboration with Indro Robotics, Aerial Armor, QinetiQ and Nav Canada. According to
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AirMarket and partners “evaluate ASTM standards for remote ID of pipeline inspection drones”
Canadian UTM company AirMarket reports that, along with Canadian regulators, it is evaluating technology, the ASTM standard and operational concepts for Remote Identification (Remote ID)
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