The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published Version 2 of its Detect and Avoid (DAA) Policy Concept, CAP3015, providing greater clarity on how operators
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Category: UAS traffic management news
Côte d’Ivoire expands Zipline logistics network to ten distribution centres
The government of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire has approved an eight-year public-private partnership with Zipline to expand the country’s drone logistics network from one
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CAA Zimbabwe grants approval for nationwide VLOS and BVLOS drone deliveries
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has approved Drone Solutions Zimbabwe to conduct commercial drone delivery operations nationwide. The authorisation covers the company’s hybrid
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Australia completes first UTM system test
Airservices Australia has teamed up with drone operators, UAS Service Suppliers (USS) and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to test Australia’s emerging Uncrewed Traffic Management
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SESAR JU-funded RAXUS project to streamline UAS operations gets underway
Project members met in Spain yesterday (21 September) to kick off the RAXUS: Risk-based Authorisation and eXecution in U-space airSpaces initiative. Designed for rapid deployment,
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EASA proposes wide range of amended rules to tighten security of drone operations in the EU
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has proposed a raft of amended rules for drone operators, manufacturers and Member States “with a view to
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Japan certifies first UTM service providers
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has issued IDs to the first certified Drone Operation Management Service Providers (USPs) that meet the
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Aviation officials get a taste of statewide BVLOS operations
The Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) and its partners hosted a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations demonstration day on 16 September.
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SkyDrive, Verty partner to develop AAM flight ops, ATM and vertiports in South Korea
Japanese eVTOL developer SkyDrive has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Verty, a South Korean company building an integrated operational
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The human-factors gap in detect-and-avoid procedures – what happens after detection?
By Manuel Ignacio Pérez Pan A traffic alert can be entirely correct and still fail to prevent an unsafe encounter. The aircraft has been detected.
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