Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsiya, has issued the first certificates for external pilot-instructors of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) weighing more than 30kg. The training
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Kansas invests USD3M in BVLOS agricultural UAS operations
Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems has been awarded USD 3 million to develop beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) technology for agricultural
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Unifly acquires Switzerland’s SORA Consulting
Unifly has today announced the acquisition of Swiss-based SORA Consulting, a specialist advisory firm supporting advanced drone operations through regulatory strategy, mission approvals, and Specific Operations
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SkyGrid, Wisk Aero propose new class of flight rules to enable automated AAM operations
SkyGrid and Wisk Aero have released a new white paper, Enabling Scalable Urban Air Mobility Through Automated Flight Rules, outlining how Automated Flight Rules (AFR)
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Public safety tech company Versaterm acquires UTM service provider Aloft
Versaterm, a provider of public safety technology solutions, announced today the acquisition of Aloft, the UAS traffic management (UTM), airspace intelligence and flight safety solutions company.
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Electra joins Virginia’s AAM smart airspace programme to trial AAM IFR routeings
Electra today announced a new partnership with the Virginia Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Smart Airspace Program to design, implement, and test a first-of-its-kind, low-cost instrument
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Oman strengthens UAS licensing and registration
Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority has issued a new directive to better regulate the sale and registration of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) as part of its
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Will the EU’s new counter drone package speed or slow the adoption of U-space?
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The European Commission’s EU Action Plan on Drone and Counter Drone Security should in theory speed up the adoption of U-space throughout the
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EUROCAE publishes U-space data exchange standard
EUROCAE has announced the publication of its ED-339 standard, Data Exchange ICD (Interface Control Document) defining how Remote Identification (NID) exchanges between U-space service providers
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University of Texas at El Paso secures USD2M to fund UAS and C-UAS research
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has announced a USD 2 million appropriation from the United States federal government to expand drone testing
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