German provider of Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) services, Droniq, has launched a campaign to encourage drone operators to expand beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS)
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Terra Drone authorised to fly BVLOS in Indonesia
Indonesia’s Directorate of Airworthiness & Aircraft Operations (DAAO), a division within the Civil Aviation arm of the Transportation Ministry, has granted Terra Drone a license
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UAVOS joins HAPS industry alliance to evolve solar-powered autonomous platforms in the stratosphere
Unmanned vehicle specialist UAVOS has joined the High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) industry Alliance to promote the use of high-altitude solar-powered autonomous aircraft for facilitating
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EASA publishes proposed standards for certification of light drones
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published a proposal of airworthiness standards for the certification of the vast majority of light unmanned aircraft.
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Urban weather stations in Japan to provide real-time data for drone flights
A collaboration between NTT Communications and Kyoto University’s Metroweather plans to acquire wind speed and wind direction data in urban areas so that drones can
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South Africa launches Drone Council to help develop the drone economy
In the official launch of Drone Council South Africa, Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams welcomed the new organisation and looked
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New inertial navigation system for autonomous vehicles available from Honeywell
Honeywell has introduced a new inertial navigation system called HGuide n380 that communicates position, orientation and velocity of an object — such as an unmanned
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Sweden grants permission for BVLOS powerline inspection flights
The Swedish aviation authority has approved beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights by Skyqraft, a data-driven Swedish infrastructure inspection company. Skyqraft is using the
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Transport Canada approves BVLOS flights by In-Flight Data
Canadian regulator Transport Canada has approved beyond visual line of visual sight (BVLOS) flights by drone operator In-Flight Data. The company can now carry out
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Vertiport Alliance Africa to deploy UAM system
Members of Vertiport Alliance Africa (VAA) have agreed to support Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in South Africa, according to a
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