The UK National Health Service (NHS) is working with healthcare logistics company Apian and drone company Zipline to expand its use of autonomous drones to
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Category: AAM/UAM route and programme news
NUAIR receives civil flight authority for BVLOS operations extending 240 square miles
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted NUAIR Part 107 waiver enabling remote, autonomous beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations throughout a 240 square mile
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FAA grants MassDOT a wide-ranging waiver to operate BVLOS rail inspection flights state-wide
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued MassDOT Aeronautics a wide-ranging waiver, granting permission to fly uncrewed aircraft over Massachusetts’ entire rail network, Beyond Visual
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German regulator authorises Matternet BVLOS medical drone deliveries in Berlin
Matternet reports approval from the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA), Germany’s Federal Aviation Office, to operate the Matternet M2 drone delivery platform beyond the visual line of sight
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UK deploys geospatial and drone technology from Esri to respond to severe events
Lincolnshire Resilience Forum (LRF) has gone live with new geospatial and drone technology from Esri UK to help it better prepare for emergencies across the
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Ethiopia establishes long-range medical drone network to reach six communities
A new long-range drone network in Ethiopia has completed a 30-day project delivering medical items, including 6,936 vaccine doses in 44 total flights to six
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Dronamics and Qatar Airways Cargo sign pioneering cargo drone interline agreement
Cargo drone airline Dronamics, which has a license to operate in Europe, has signed an interline agreement with international cargo carrier Qatar Airways Cargo to
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Centaurium UAS and Thales join forces to open Swiss skies to long-range drone operations
Centaurium UAS and Thales has signed a cooperation agreement to conduct a test campaign with a view to authorising the use of Thales’s UAS100 drone for
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Paris local authorities raise strenuous objections to launch of eVTOL passengers services
French media reports that plans to launch Volocopter air taxi services in time for the Olympic Games next year in Paris have met with almost
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MedLife and Skyy Network partner to introduce Romania’s first medical delivery network
Romanian private medical services company MedLife has partnered with the Australian company Skyy Network, to introduce drone delivery services to routinely transport biological samples over
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