European standards agency Eurocae has released for open consultation draft standards for “Minimum Aviation Systems Performance Standard for RPAS Automatic Take-off and Landing” ED-283. Prepared
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EUROCAE announces draft standards for UAS e-identification
EUROCAE has announced the availability of “UTM E-Identification” draft standards prepared by EUROCAE WG-105 SG-32 for Open Consultation. According to the organisation, Draft ED-282 ”
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European Commission delays EU-wide drone operating rules for six months
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the European Commission has decided to postpone Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 on the rules and procedures of
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EASA’s proposal on BVLOS risk assessment amendment draws industry fire
The European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) 2020-07 on “Unmanned aircraft system beyond visual line operations over populated areas or assemblies
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Updated EUSCG UAS/U-Space standardisation roadmap planned for end of June 2020
The next version of the Rolling Development Plan (RDP) for implementing UAS standards under development by the European UAS Standards Coordination Group (EUSCG) is planned
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International regulatory bodies acknowledge risk of falling behind in ICAO-led discussion on urban air mobility
ICAO’s Air Navigation Commission (ANC) hosted a discussion with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and standards agency Eurocae on Urban Air Mobility (UAM) on
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NASA releases initial concept of operations for high altitude airspace traffic management
US National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA) Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI) has released an initial concept of operations (ConOps V1) and associated operational requirements for cooperative
Read moreEurocae invites comments on draft performance standards for RPAS emergency recovery functions
European standards agency Eurocae has released a draft document prepared by Eurocae Working Group 105 SG-53 “ERA – Automation and Emergency Recovery ” for open
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New survey of European drone operations and safety risk assessment to help frame future standard setting
By Peter van Blyenburgh This notification has as the purpose of informing members of the European drone operator community about the upcoming UAS OPS survey
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US FAA conducts national drone operator survey to support regulatory change
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting a survey of recreational and commercial UAS operators who have registered under Section 349 and Part 107.
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