His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA), said the issuance of Law No. (4) of 2020 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, regulating the operations of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones in the emirate, establishes the framework for Dubai to be one of the world’s leading cities in shaping the future of civil aviation. Continue reading
Category Archives: Regulatory Matters
Denmark to Establish First U-Space Flight this Year
Denmark will begin establishing U-space this year following an ambitious partnership announced today between the country’s air navigation service provider, public authorities and international UAS test center. Continue reading
ANSI Publishes Standardization Roadmap for UAS, V.20
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced the publication of the Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Version 2.0).* Continue reading
FAA Awards $1.8M Contract for UTM System Test
Switch in partnership with ANRA Technologies and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS), have been announced as the recipient of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract by the FAA. Continue reading
Vodafone Idea Enters India’s Drone Delivery Ecosystem
Vodafone Idea is set to enter India’s drone ecosystem by partnering with Zomato in the upcoming “beyond visual line of sight” (BVLOS) drone experiments being organised by India’s civil aviation regulator. Continue reading
EU Delays UAS Implementing Regulation
The European Commission has delayed the applicability date of the European Union Unmanned Aircraft Systems Implementing Regulation 2019/947 until 31 December 2020. Continue reading
AccelerātUM wants to Advance Unmanned Mobility Operations
A group of senior executives and experts from the aviation industry has announced the launch of AccelerātUM, a company focused on advancing unmanned mobility operations. Continue reading
NAARIC Urges EASA to Review its Position
The NAARIC (National Aviation Authorities Regulation Implementation Coordination) is a group of UAS experts from the main European National Aviation Authorities (NAAs) that was launched in 2019 with the objective of agreeing on a common approach at the European level towards the aspects left to the Member States by the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945, including their recent amendments regarding standard scenarios. Continue reading