The “Amsterdam Declaration” (see below) was issued by the European Commission, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
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CANSO reaffirms commitment to progress ATM/UTM integration
CANSO – the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation – has reiterated its commitment to work alongside both manned and unmanned aviation industries to safely integrate
Read moreEASA high level Amsterdam drone conference – what’s missing in U Space?
At the EASA High Level Conference on Drones, taking place in Amsterdam 27-28 November, UTM experts outlined what they thought was missing from the current
Read moreSweden’s LFV is testing drones for small airport surveillance and new UTM concepts
Sweden’s air navigation service provider LFV along with industry partners RISE and Flypulse are investigating whether drones surveillance can be used for monitoring small airports.
Read moreHarmonizing national regulatory approaches – Seventh RPAS CivOps forum set for Madrid, January 2019
RPAS CivOps 2019, the Seventh annual European Civil RPAS Operators & Operations Forum, is taking place in Madrid, Spain on 23 and 24 January 2019. This event is coordinated
Read moreNew UK drone industry working group to help develop BVLOS, VTOL and UTM standards
A Working Group of UK drone operators and other industry stakeholders was set up on 22 November 2018 at City Hall, London, to assist the
Read moreISO announces draft standards for drone operators
The ISO Draft International Standards for Drone Operations have been released for public consultation, with professionals, academics and businesses invited to submit comments by 21
Read moreOperation Zenith provides landmark demonstration of UTM technology capabilities
The most technically complex and comprehensive demonstration in the world so far of a UTM system was put on display on 21 November when UK
Read moreBoeing, SparkCognition launch block-chain/AI based “UTM plus” company SkyGrid
Boeing and SparkCognition have announced plans to launch SkyGrid, a new company that will enable the future of urban aerial mobility. Based in Austin, Texas, SkyGrid will
Read moreFAA’s LAANC programme “has processed more than 50,000 airspace authorisations”
The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) nationwide deployment of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) has processed more than 50,000 applications from drone operators
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