NASA has launched its solicitation for companies to join its Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Grand Challenge. According to a NASA press release: “The Grand Challenge aims to improve UAM safety and accelerate scalability through integrated demonstrations by hosting […]
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 of hybrid and electrical vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. […]
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 applicability of existing federal regulations and industry standards to specific […]
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 operate a DJI Phantom 4 drone, equipped with a parachute, […]
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 Aircraft Systems (UAS) regulatory framework and recommend enhancements to the […]
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 explore, emerging concepts in an ‘Innovation Sandbox’ which will allow […]
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 (BVLOS) operations of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) in India, leading […]
The US Commercial Drone Alliance (“CDA”) has serious reservations about the Federal Aviation Administration’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”) over people (“the NPRM”). 2 In an April […]
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has introduced new technical requirements for Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). The new rules are contained in the Part 101 (Unmanned Aircraft and Rockets) Manual of Standards (MOS) 2019. Primarily […]
European standards agency EUROCAE and European Aviation Safety Agency EASA plan a joint workshop on 6 June 2019 to prioritise standardisation needs for Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. The workshop at EUROCAE premises […]
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