By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is facing imminent shut-down unless the US Senate can agree the FAA Reauthorization package. According to
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Category: Emerging regulations
EU launches consultation on space law aimed at safety, resilience and sustainability
The European Commission proposes an EU Space Law (EUSL) on safety, resilience and sustainability of space activities. A legislative proposal could be adopted by the
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UK CAA invites applicants to new digitising specific category operations working group
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) invites applicants to join the newly established Digitising Specific Category Operations (DiSCO) Working Group. DiSCO was created to help
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EASA requests feedback to roadmap proposed for Higher Airspace Operations
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published a roadmap for Higher Airspace Operations (HAO). The EASA HAO roadmap was delivered to the European Commission
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JARUS plenary meeting in Ottawa elects board members, pursues standards harmonisation
The Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS) appointed board members at the second JARUS Plenary meeting of 2023, hosted by Transport Canada in
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UK ANSP NATS plans full integration of all airspace users in ‘NATS OpenAir’ concept
UK air navigation service provider NATS proposes full integration of new airspace users by providing a foundation structure that makes air traffic services available for
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Japan releases official version of domestic Vertiport guidelines, supports AAM development
Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has released Vertiports Design Guidelines. The policy document is the outcome of discussion
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FAA revises UAS safety risk management policy to keep pace with drone sector
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revised its unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) safety risk management (SRM) policy that addresses safety risks in the National Airspace
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EU Certiflight project completes preliminary design phase, identifies hardware and software designs
Partners in Certiflight, an EU-funded project to establish flight position information of drones and ultralight aircraft, presented preliminary design results to the project officer and
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Single European Sky: new framework for interoperability rules, consolidated under EASA
The European Commission has adopted a new set of rules to better manage interoperability between the systems and constituents used to provide air traffic management (ATM)
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