The drone delivery market has undergone a period of extraordinary growth over the last six months, with 45 countries now implementing or planning to implement
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Category: UAS traffic management news
AUVSI “disappointed” by delay to FAA drone identification rule
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced a further delay to the introduction of rules relating to remote identification of drones due to be
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NATS supports North Sea safe drone initiative
UK air navigation service provider NATS is supporting safe access in UK controlled airspace to commercial drone operators for Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS)
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HAPSMobile UAV receives test flight approval from NASA
US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has granted HAPSMobile limited flight approval to conduct its first test flight of HAWK30, the solar-powered unmanned aircraft
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EASA’s Ky urges stakeholders to agree drone safety, noise targets
Speaking to the transport committee of the European Parliament at the start of September, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) executive director Patrick Ky urged all
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Northwest UAV Flight, Analysis, & System Test (FAST) range completes first test flight
Northwest UAV’s Flight, Analysis, and System Test (FAST) UAV Range in Oregon completed its inaugural flight on 4 September when a quadrotor supplied by Klein
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SAFIR research programme demonstrates integrated drone traffic management
Belgium air navigation service provider (ANSP) skeyes reports that the U-space SAFIR consortium, a group of 13 public and private organisations, has hosted an open
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Kansas UAS pilot program commences beyond line of sight flights
The Kansas Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) team is starting several months of tests using Applied Aeronautics’ fixed wing Albratross drone to
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uAvionics offers free ADS-B receivers for Hurricane Dorian rescue efforts
uAvionics is offering its pingRX Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) receivers free to first responders and UAS service organizations participating in rescue and recovery
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JARUS publishes regulatory categories for UAS operations
The Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS) has published the JARUS UAS Operational Categorisation document on the RPAS website to define the level
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