Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has launched a new safety management system (SMS) resource booklet for commercial drone operators. An SMS is an organised
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Category: Urban air mobility
UK regulator launches new spectrum licences to support commercial drone operations
The UK’s communications regulator Ofcom has released new spectrum licences for essential drone safety and communications equipment to support innovative use of commercial drones. From
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UK CAA focus remains regulatory challenges for BVLOS drone flights in the ‘specific’ category
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is working to address the remaining regulatory challenges that will enable authorised operators to operate Beyond Visual Line of
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Danish navigation service provider Naviair operations department to assume responsibility for drone infrastructure development
Danish air navigation service provider service Naviair is reorganising the company’s drone-related activities. From 1 April 2023, the company’s Operations Department will handle all tasks
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Altitude Angel seeks Managing Director of Netherlands office as part of global expansion
Uncrewed Traffic Management (UTM) company Altitude Angel aims to capitalise on growth and maximise opportunities by hiring a dedicated, entrepreneurial Managing Director to build, scale
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Intermap to provide aviation terrain data for eVTOL navigation and UTM services
3D geospatial data and intelligence solutions provider Intermap Technologies has announced a new contract with a leading unmanned traffic management (UTM) provider to integrate Intermap’s
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SESAR AURA research Open Day to address the interface between ATM and U-space
The SESAR research project PJ34 AURA virtual Open Day organised by AT-One, Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) and German Aerospace Centre (DLR) will take place on
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ASSURE invites Virginia Tech to join international Drone Research Alliance
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence, or ASSURE, led by Mississippi State has invited Virginia Tech to
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First flight for uncrewed firefighting helicopter at New York UAS test site
Rotor Technologies’ uncrewed helicopter prototype achieved first flight on 2 December, 2022 at the FAA’s New York UAS test site after receiving experimental certification on
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NASA reports findings following joint DoD evaluation of UTM concepts
The US National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) Ames Research Center has published findings from evaluations carried out in 2021 relating to the application of
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