Registration is now open for the third Concept of Operations for safe European drone traffic (CORUS) workshop taking place in Rome between 2-5 April 2019.
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Category: UAS traffic management news
“India delays drone operations and considers mandatory security-chips” – news reports
The Hindustan Times reports that India’s civil aviation ministry has pushed back to April the date on which individuals and companies will be able to
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“Drone disruptions to airports up 80% in Germany” according to news reports
Germany’s The Local news service reports that the country’s air navigation service provider DFS recorded an 80% increase in disruptions to air traffic in 2018
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Chinese retailer JD.com starts first drone delivery flights in Indonesia
JD.com, China’s largest retailer, has announced the completion of Indonesia’s first government approved drone flight. “The successful pilot opens the door for future commercial drone
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Australian regulator approves 1,000km-plus remote BVLOS operations from Airobotics
US automated drone startup Airobotics has announced that it has recently made Australian aviation history “by obtaining the nation’s first and only Civil Aviation Safety Authority
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German Railways to test BVLOS drone monitoring flights in Ingolstadt
On 17 January the German Minister of State for Digitisation Dorothee Bär, Deutsche Bahn Board Member for Digitisation and Technology Prof. Dr. Sabina Jeschke and
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BVLOS flight restrictions lifted in Poland at the end of January
On 31 January new regulations regarding beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights will become effective in FIR EPWW in Poland. According to Polish UTM
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Singapore’s CAAS “to develop UAS traffic monitoring system”
Singapore’s “Straits Times” reports that the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) intends to develop a system that can monitor unmanned aircraft systems. “This system
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Iridium launches global, mobile, IoT satcom service
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced today the commercial launch of its Iridium Certus broadband service, the first new capability activated from the company’s USD3 billion
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Wing, AirMap and Kittyhark “demonstrate new drone ID system”
Alphabet’s Wing, AirMap Inc. and Kittyhawk have demonstrated a new system to identify airborne drones, potentially paving the way toward expanded commercial uses of unmanned aircraft,
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