By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Integrating two completely different cultural, institutional and technical airspace management systems was never going to be easy but what Drone Enable 2
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Category: Commentary
Brexit speeds, then slows, commercial drone operations and UTM in the UK
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The UK Government has published an excellent consultation document (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729458/taking-flight-the-future-of-drones-in-the-uk.pdf) asking for stakeholder views on its proposed series of drone regulations, including
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The controllers’ view – UTM roadmap is clear but major questions remain
Ignacio Baca is the Executive Vice President Technical – International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA) One of the most interesting events during the
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The central error in decentralised UTM
Andrew Charlton is Managing Director of Aviation Advocacy (http://www.aviationadvocacy.aero/) The European Commission is currently attempting to devise regulations for the operation of U-Space – the proposed
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Spanish RPAS community discusses U-Space and emergency services drone legislation
Around the world the number of exhibitions and conferences dedicated to remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) is on the rise. But two events, less
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The Integrated Pilot Program – great balance but some frustration
The decision as to which 10 programmes would be chosen as the US Department of Transportation’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) standard
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Commercial drone safety: what should the target level of safety and risk criteria be?
Integrating drone operations into standard civil airspace presents a number of challenges for this new class of operators. Civil aircraft regulations are written with the
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Breaking down the potential of LAANC
Aviation is full of acronyms, and there’s no better example than LAANC — or Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability. LAANC was developed over the last year
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Spain introduces airspace re-organisation plan to incorporate drone operations
Spain’s unmanned aviation sector received a boost on 19 March 2018 when the new 2018-2021 National Strategic Plan was presented for the development of civil
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How ATM data exchange technologies can be used for UTM
Could you please provide some statistics about the increase in data caused by the growth in number of drones? Bart Adams: Aerial mapping: now one
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