The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) budget request for fiscal year 2022 includes over USD100 million in funding for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) sector,
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Category: Emerging regulations
Automated flight authorisation now available using Nav Canada’s NAV Drone app
Canada’s air navigation service provider, Nav Canada, launched NAV Drone this week. Designed to help drone pilots and operators safely and legally fly their remotely piloted
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The tough task for European U-space providers: balancing compliance with competition – GUTMA webinar
By Jenny Beechener Just 18 months remain before European regulation (EU) 2021/664 comes into force, setting minimum operating requirements for safe unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
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Europe plans to develop ‘Drone Strategy 2.0’ ready for adoption in 2022 to align with sustainability and smart mobility goals
The European Commission has announced its intention to adopt a Drone Strategy 2.0 in 2022 to further develop drones as part of the region’s sustainable
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UK CAA publishes guidance to support beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published guidance describing how the regulator is working with the industry to get progress towards safe routing beyond
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NASA publishes concept of operations for high density vertiport operations
The US National Aeronautical and Space Administration has released a concept of operations for high density vertiport operations. The publication provides a guide for future
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Europe’s network of U-space demonstrators publishes inventory of test centres
The European Network of U-space Demonstrators has created an inventory of U-space test centres, including their value proposition, the specific services they offer, organisations that
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US safety board seeks input to proposed removal of weight threshold for UAS accident reporting
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) proposes amending the definition of “Unmanned aircraft accident” by removing the weight-based requirement and replacing it with an airworthiness
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NASA video details UTM framework providing ‘safe and affordable airspace operation system’
A YouTube video from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) describes how the agency’s Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) concept operates ‘without burdening the
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Eurocae seeks participants in working group WG-105 (Unmanned Aerial Systems) for standards development
EUROCAE WG-105 is pursuing the objective of developing Minimum Operational Performance Specification for ACAS sXu”, with support from WG-75, specifically for validation activities (e.g. encounter
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