The Vertical Flight Society’s Vertiflite magazine has given an update (https://evtol.news/news/gofly-teams-prepare-to-fly-again) on the GoFly Prize competition, with the November announcement from GoFly: “While the Grand
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Category: Emerging regulations
AW-Drones project launches Drone Standards Info Portal, providing European ‘megastandard’ for UAS operators
The Drone Standards Info Portal is an online repository supporting EASA and the EC in their drone-related development actions. Developed as part of the EU-funded
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World ATM Congress panel reviews UTM innovation and harmonisation through government/industry collaboration
Senior industry representatives discussed integration of unmanned and manned air traffic in a webinar hosted by World ATM Congress on 13 October 2020. Reported by
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EASA updates its “Easy Access Rules for UAS” publication
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published the latest edition of its “Easy Access Rules for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and (EU)
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US business aviation association publishes guidance aimed at drone operators
The US National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Emerging Technologies Committee has published the first entry in a new content series on safety management system (SMS)
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ASD-STAN signs Memorandum of Understanding with ASTM International to align standards
European aerospace standards body ASD-STAN has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US standards agency ASTM International which supports a closer working relationship between
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US pilot association warns against imposing requirements on airspace users to add more equipment
The President of the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Mark Baker urged the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) to find
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RTCA proposes minimum operating standards in two areas: detect and avoid, terrestrial datalink.
US standards agency RTCA Standing Committee (SC) 228 has concluded its Final Review and Comment relating to the development of Minimum Operating Procedures and Standards
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EASA advances definition of noise certification standards and procedures at Spain’s ATLAS experimental flight centre
The ATLAS experimental flight centre, located in Jaén, Spain, hosted a flight test campaign of up to nine drones in order to advance in the definition
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EUROCAE remote ID and ASTM UTM standards “to be published imminently” – GUTMA UTM standards webinar
EUROCAE hopes to publish by the end of the year a new standard – ED-282 E-Identification for drone operations in the “open” category for security
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