Category: Emerging regulations

by Michael Willoughby Drones may soon carry electronic licence plates, thanks to new guidelines for a remote ID system for unmanned aircraft recently submitted for

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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