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Marc Garneau – Transport Minister
Transport Canada is committed to enhancing aviation and public safety while encouraging innovation and economic growth in the drone sector. The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, announced Canada’s new rules for remotely piloted aircraft systems, more commonly known as drones.
In a request for information quietly issued late December, the FAA said it wants to find partners to help develop a practical approach to the data sharing required to remotely identify small drones in controlled airspace. The data collected would include a unique identifier for the UAS, tracking information and drone owner and remote pilot identification, according to the FAA’s 2017 report on the remote ID program. Continue reading
As 2018 came to a close, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) awarded Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd a Production Organisation Approval. Following the successful award of our Design Organisation Approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in October 2018, this latest achievement sees HAV starting 2019 in a strong position to launch production. Continue reading
UAS Vision has obtained this unique close-up video footage of China’s Beihang Unmanned Aircraft System Technology TYW-1 taken inside the company’s new factory in the eastern Chinese city of Taizhou. Continue reading
Participants of the six-day drone racing camp held on the Sunshine Coast.
Two teenagers from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast have started what is believed to be an Australian first — drone racing camps. Continue reading
The General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) began receiving Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) drone permit applications via its website. Continue reading
Elbit Systems has sold Azerbaijan its latest unmanned aerial vehicle which is capable of long-range precise tactical kamikaze strikes, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Continue reading
A drone attack on a Yemeni government base by the rebel Houthi movement has reportedly killed six soldiers. The drone exploded above a podium at al-Anad base, in the southern province of Lahj, where high-ranking officers and officials were watching a parade. Continue reading