Category Archives: Regulatory Matters

Skeyetech Gets Autonomous Flight Authorisation in Denmark

With its Skeyetech drone-in-box solution, Azur Drones recently obtained its first autonomous flight authorisation in Northern Europe, thereby opening the path to an operational deployment on an Oil&Gas sector major player’s site. The French autonomous drone will carry out safety and operations support missions there. Continue reading →

Schiebel Receives First Light UAS Operator Certificate in Europe for CAMCOPTER S-100 from Austro Control

L – R: Valerie Hackl (Managing Director at Austro Control), Hannes Hecher (CEO at Schiebel), Magnus Brunner (State Secretary for Aviation, Austria)

Schiebel is the first Unmanned Air System (UAS) operator in Europe to receive the organisational approval certificate – Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC) for its CAMCOPTER S-100 from Austro Control. Continue reading →

SESAR U-Space Partners Launch Smart City Air Mobility Trials

The revolution of urban air mobility (UAM) covers new concepts of operations, business cases, applicable regulations, and stakeholders and end users. This new business sector needs to be secured, invented, refined, structured and industrialized while staying sustainable and interoperable within the U-space framework. Continue reading →

UVS International Ceases Its Activities

Since its start in 1995, UVS International’s principal objectives were to promote:

  • The establishment of national, European and international regulations for the safe use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)
  • The creation of the required standards and air traffic management norms
  • The recognition of the societal benefits of UAS & the generalization of their use.

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