The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Skyward to give commercial drone operators instant access to controlled airspace with its new Low Altitude Authorization and Notification
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Regulators start assessment of urban air taxi operations
Regulating air taxi services will provide safety regulators with a number of serious challenges, according to Mike Gadd, Business and Technical Lead Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Read moreFAA approves Daedalus commercial drone services in Boston
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Daedalus Drone Services with unprecedented approval to fly in and around Boston. With the waiver, Daedalus Drone Services
Read moreUS Army “develops power line detection system for drones”
US Army scientists and engineers have developed a sensor and software system for detecting energized power lines in the vicinity of an aerial craft, reports
Read moreDrone and airliner collide in Quebec, no casualties
A drone has collided with an airliner in Quebec. No-one was hurt in the incident and the aircraft was only slightly damaged. According to Marc
Read moreSafe-fly zone app launched for Denmark’s drone operators
Naviair and the Danish Transport, Construction and Housing Authority have launched the “Droneluftrum” “safe-fly” app for drone pilots. The website for the new app is www.droneluftrum.dk
Read moreDJI launches drone identification, monitoring system
Drone manufacturer DJI today unveiled AeroScope, its new solution to identify and monitor airborne drones with existing technology that can address safety, security and privacy
Read moreEurocontrol to head European Commission UTM trial programme
Eurocontrol will lead the consortium behind the SESAR 2020 PODIUM project, which has been selected by the European Commission to demonstrate unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) services, procedures and technologies.
Read more“Relax and harmonise drone rules” says Twente drone research centre
The rules for the use and testing of drones should be relaxed and harmonised in a European context according to a joint presentation to the
Read moreLong-range UAS sense and avoid technology “successfully demonstrated”
Press reports say Iris Automation has successfully demonstrated the first long range, airborne sense and avoid system for industrial UAS as part of the Federal
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