ANS Finland, Finland’s air navigation service provider, outlined its vision of a national UTM system at the second meeting of the U-Space Network of Demonstrators,
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Category: UAS traffic management news
EASA to publish high level U-space draft regulations by the end of the year
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) plans to have its first, draft high level regulations covering U-space operations published by the end of 2019, according
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Paris CDG airport to deploy AI/holographic radar based C-UAS in May
Les Echos reports that in May 2019 Paris/Charles de Gaulle airport will deploy a new counter-UAS system (C-UAS) developed by Thales and the Directorate of
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GUTMA adds three new members in January 2019
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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