A drone has collided with an airliner in Quebec. No-one was hurt in the incident and the aircraft was only slightly damaged. According to Marc
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EUROCAE seeks industry support in UAS identification standards development
EUROCAE is launching a Call for Participation to inform interested parties about an activity to be launched shortly and provides a possibility to nominate project
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EUROCAE opens call for participation on geo-fencing UTM standards
EUROCAE is launching a Call for Participation to inform interested parties about an activity to be launched shortly and provides a possibility to nominate project
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Safe-fly zone app launched for Denmark’s drone operators
Naviair and the Danish Transport, Construction and Housing Authority have launched the “Droneluftrum” “safe-fly” app for drone pilots. The website for the new app is www.droneluftrum.dk
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DJI launches drone identification, monitoring system
Drone manufacturer DJI today unveiled AeroScope, its new solution to identify and monitor airborne drones with existing technology that can address safety, security and privacy
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Eurocontrol to head European Commission UTM trial programme
Eurocontrol will lead the consortium behind the SESAR 2020 PODIUM project, which has been selected by the European Commission to demonstrate unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) services, procedures and technologies.
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“Relax and harmonise drone rules” says Twente drone research centre
The rules for the use and testing of drones should be relaxed and harmonised in a European context according to a joint presentation to the
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Long-range UAS sense and avoid technology “successfully demonstrated”
Press reports say Iris Automation has successfully demonstrated the first long range, airborne sense and avoid system for industrial UAS as part of the Federal
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Groningen Airport to be certified for drone operations
Groningen Airport Eelde in the Netherlands is to be certified by the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment as one of Europe’s first “drone airports,”
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CANSO and EUROCAE to work together to develop UTM, airspace integration standards
The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) and the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) have agreed to work together on developing aviation industry
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