Recently proposed legislation would require the Defense Department to review its official framework for categorizing drones – and establish whether terms used reflect up-to-date commercial unmanned aircraft system technologies. Continue reading
Category Archives: Regulatory Matters
Valencia to Get Spain’s First Drone Highway
Valencia is working on a project with UPV (Universitat Politècnica de Valencia) that will see the region get Spain’s first aerial drone highway. Continue reading
Latvian Mobile Operator to Issue Drone Piloting Licenses
LMT, Latvia’s leading mobile operator and tech innovator, has become Europe’s first mobile operator to obtain certification to educate and examine pilotes to receive licenses. Continue reading
Easy Aerial Achieves AS9100 Certification for Aerospace and Defense
Easy Aerial, a provider of autonomous drone-based inspection, monitoring and surveillance solutions, today announced its North America manufacturing facility has achieved AS9100 certification and registration, a standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry. Continue reading
Skyports gets Light UAS Operator Certificate in Ireland
Skyports, an operator of cargo drone deliveries and advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure, has obtained a Light UAS Operator Certificate from the Irish Aviation Authority, permitting the self-authorisation of Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone flights. This is the first such certificate issued by an EU regulator. Continue reading
NASA to Bring Air Mobility Vision to Stratospheric Heights
When flying on a commercial airliner, it can feel like you’re on top of the world, riding higher than any airplane out there. But an increasing number of aircraft soon will be flying even higher and NASA is studying ways to manage that anticipated air traffic. Continue reading
ANRA Launches Risk Assessment Tool For EU and UK UAS Operations
ANRA Technologies UK Ltd, a provider of integrated airspace, mission management and delivery systems for uncrewed aircraft, has announced the release of SmartSkies SORA, a fully integrated Specified Operations Risk Assessment capability that enables pilots to perform a risk assessment for operations in the ‘specific’ category per European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulations. Continue reading
Wing’s OpenSky Free Drone Flyer App Adds Night-Time Authorization
Wing, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved UAS Service Supplier of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC), made its drone flyer app, OpenSky, available for free in the Google Play and Apple’s App Store. The OpenSky app makes it easy for drone flyers to abide by FAA airspace rules and regulations and request authorization to fly in controlled airspace in near real-time. Continue reading