Three new members joined the Global UTM Association in January 2019. LikeAbird develops industrial-grade remote control stations for VLOS/EVLOS and BVLOS/BRLOS unmanned systems applications. For
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Australia’s CASA plans for drone registration and accreditation scheme
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority is planning to introduce the drone registration and accreditation scheme progressively in the second half of 2019. Under the proposal
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UVS International RPAS civil operators agree to contribute towards European regulatory harmonization
The RPAS CivOps 2019 conference, the seventh annual European Civil RPAS Operators & Operations Forum, took place in Madrid, Spain on 23 and 24 January
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“Rakuten to start drone package deliveries in rural Japan this April” – news report
Asia Nikkei reports that Rakuten, a leading e-commerce platform in Japan, will start delivering packages via drones to rural areas in April, now that the
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Drone “near-miss” incidents with aircraft up more than 25% – UK Airprox Board
There were 117 near misses between drones and aircraft reported in the year to November 2018, up slight more than 25% from a total of
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Andhra Pradesh to pioneer Advanced Drone Operators Toolkit – World Economic Forum
The State Government of Andhra Pradesh announced at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Summit 2019 that it will start testing the policy frameworks developed in
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Denmark to trial inter-hospital drone deliveries
Blood samples and medical equipment will soon be flown by drones between Odense, Svendborg and Ærø in Denmark as part of the DKK30 million HealthDrone
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Registration opens for third CORUS workshop in Rome, 2-5 April
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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“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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