By Arie Egoz Following a series of GPS disruptions, Israeli companies supported by government organisations are focusing on a major new effort to develop new
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Standards bodies ASTM and RTCA collaborate on ‘ACAS sXu’ detect and avoid capability for drones
Global standards organisation ASTM International and RTCA have announced a collaboration that allows for the joint development of consensus standards for smaller unmanned aircraft systems
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Dutch research centre provides urban setting to test autonomous drones as part of ‘Flying Forward 2020’
The High Tech Campus in Eindhoven has announced the start of tests using autonomous drones. The campus is participating in the three-year research project ‘Flying
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New members appointed to the US drone advisory committee
The US Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L Chao has announced new appointments to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). The DAC
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New York UAS test site appoints Ken Stewart as new president and CEO
Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) has appointed Ken Stewart as its new president and CEO to oversee Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) activities in New
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Spanish air safety agency authorises BVLOS power line inspection, drones use 4G and 5G technologies
Spanish Agency for Aviation Safety (AESA) has authorised beyond line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights to inspect power lines. Spanish electricity company Naturgy has established
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Thales, Telstra and Geelong City develop low altitude airspace management system
With support from the City of Greater Geelong, Thales and Telstra have jointly developed a Low Altitude Airspace Management (LAAM) system, “a technology that dynamically
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“New FAA remote ID rules should include internet connection” – Wing
New agency Reuters reports that Alphabet Inc’s drone delivery unit Wing has criticized the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new remote identification of drone rules (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/emerging-regulations/faa-publishes-remote-id-flights-over-people-rules-auvsi-approves/)
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“US defence department to fund military UTM research at NUAIR” – news report
The Times Telegram news service reports that among the US278 million funding for the US Air Force Research Lab in Rome, New York, is US10
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SkyBound Rescuer launches free ‘drone license finder’ to simplify EU drone laws for operators
The EU Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Regulation Package which comes into effect from 1 January 2021 requires drone operators to meet requirements laid out in
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