In the first of two articles, futurist writer Chris Stonor looks at the underlying cultural undercurrents which are driving the public’s views of drones –
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Category: Commentary
Gatwick drone-incident police report raises more questions than it answers
By Tony Reeves of Level7 Expertise In a statement released early on 27 September 2019, the Head of Operations Command for Sussex Police in the
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EGNSS4RPAS trial show European GNSS networks support drone operations in urban environments
Karel Callewaert, Senior Consultant, VVA VVA, together with GMV and CATEC, has been contracted by the European Commission’s DG GROW to provide support to the standardisation
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Saudi oil refinery attacks suggests States will have to re-think counter-UAS strategies
By Tony Reeves of Level 7 Expertise The recent attacks on two Saudi oil installations have been widely reported to be coordinated attacks by long-range
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Will UTM eventually spell the demise of the commercial drone operator?
Tim McCarthy, Senior Lecturer (Dept of Computer Science), Maynooth University (Dublin, Ireland) In this short article “a commercial drone operator” is taken to mean any
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“New research shows how European GNSS networks enhance drone navigational performance”
Karel Callewaert, Senior Consultant, VVA VVA, together with GMV and CATEC, has been contracted by the European Commission’s DG GROW to provide support to the
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EASA’s Ky urges stakeholders to agree drone safety, noise targets
Speaking to the transport committee of the European Parliament at the start of September, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) executive director Patrick Ky urged all
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JARUS publishes regulatory categories for UAS operations
The Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS) has published the JARUS UAS Operational Categorisation document on the RPAS website to define the level
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Drone REGIM announces new focus objectives
By Peter van Blyenburgh In accordance with the decisions taken at the Drone REGIM meeting on 23 May 2019, and taking into account additionally received
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Jakarta megacity highlights how urban air mobility can impact the developing world
This article, by Pamir Sevincel[1] reflects an official collaboration between The Aviary Project, a London-based Urban Air Mobility community aiming to bring UAM to the UK
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