Germany is planning a new drone detection system – an 11-mile exclusion-zone – around airports, reports German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung and the UK’s Daily Mail. The exclusion area
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Category: Emerging regulations
Contestants invited to join NASA UAV safety competition
by Michael Willoughby NASA has announced a competition for UAV developers with entry between September 1 and November 1. During the SAND Challenge, contestants will
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Electric propulsion standards body starts work
A group of 19 companies has met to define areas for industry standardisation in the area of electrified propulsion. Businesses, including airframers, engine manufacturers and
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Drone-pioneer mayor pilots data security measure through national conference
The first mayor in America to oversee the unmanned and autonomous deployment of aerial commercial drones over an urban area steered a resolution calling for
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EASA develops first certification rules for VTOL aircraft
On 2 July 2019, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) released its final Special Condition rule, the foundation stone to enabling the safe operation
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“Lack of rules around urban air mobility passenger facilitation” – NATA white paper
The US National Air Transportation Association (NATA) released a whitepaper titled “Urban Air Mobility: Considerations for Vertiport Operation.” According to NATA: “The whitepaper reviews the
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FAA issues authorisation for commercial drone flights over people with parachute
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it issued Hensel Phelps Construction Company of Washington, D.C., a Part 107 waiver on June 1 to
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Community groups sit on Singapore’s new drone regulatory advisory body
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has set up an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Advisory Panel (UASAP). The Panel will help CAAS review Singapore’s Unmanned
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UK CAA brings together UTM, UAM and ATM companies to research future regulations
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has launched a new research initiative to bring together urban air mobility, UTM and ATM companies to work together to
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India’s DGAC takes first steps to urban air mobility with request for industry BVLOS partners
India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has invited Express of Interest (EOI) from consortia of experts for conducting experimental beyond visual line of sight
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