By Philip Butterworth-Hayes DroneUp’s takeover of AirMap (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/commentary/does-the-droneup-airmap-tie-up-mean-the-end-of-the-independent-utm-service-supplier-market/) will have major consequences for the global UAS traffic management (UTM) industry. The company’s business model –
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Does the DroneUp/AirMap tie-up mean the end of the independent UTM service supplier market?
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The announcement that DroneUp has acquired AirMap (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/news-first/droneup-acquires-airmap-creates-airspace-management-and-drone-market-ecosystem/) is extremely good news for the UAS traffic management (UTM) sector. It ensures that
Read moreAltitude Angel reflects on emerging UTM market and commercial opportunities for the drone sector
Unified Traffic Management (UTM) company Altitude Angel released a blog following World ATM Congress 2021, summarising the company’s key takeaways from the industry event. World
Read moreNew integrated ATM/U-space services and capabilities will meet the airspace integration challenges of Urban Air Mobility
Giancarlo Ferrara, R&D Work Programme Coordinator at EUROCONTROL’s Drone/U-space Unit reports on how this SESAR research programme will support drone and passenger air taxi vehicles
Read moreCommercial drones “could cut CO2 emissions for freight deliveries by half” – Cranfield University
As part of the report, ‘UAVs: Unlocking positive transformation in the world’, Cranfield University has used its own modelling and primary data resources to compare the
Read moreWhich elements of the drone ecosystem fall within FAA type certification?
Andrew Carter, Co-founder & CTO of ResilienX This is an edited version of the article “FAA Memo Specifies “Associated Elements for UAS Operations” republished
Read more“It is time, with measured and performance-based methodologies, that we enable BVLOS operations” – Tom Walker, DroneUp
What can we all do to help the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) enable beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations? That was the question
Read moreHow 6G could transform the drone and UTM industries from Norway to Uganda
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The move from 5G to 6G mobile network communications will be more than a technical leap – it will require a fundamental
Read moreDrone CNS and integration: SWIMming in the same direction?
Jan Cernan is a consultant with Egis Aviation. This commentary article was published first by Egis Aviation (https://www.egis-aviation.com/insight/drone-integration-swimming-in-the-same-direction/) and has been reproduced with permission of
Read moreOperational risk assessments and BVLOS flight: using analytics for advanced drone operations
Ted Driver, OneSky Head of Analytics and Operations Reproduced with the kind permission of OnsSky. The original article can be found here: https://www.onesky.xyz/post/operational-risk-assessments-and-bvlos-flight-using-analytics-for-advanced-drone-operations As we
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