Category Archives: Regulatory Matters

Boeing Joins UK CAA’s Innovation Sandbox

Boeing and the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as part of the CAA’s Innovation Sandbox project. The Innovation Sandbox is intended to help foster collaboration between industry and regulators, with the goal of shaping future regulation of the aviation and travel industries in the UK. Continue reading

NASA Making Skies Safe for Unmanned Aircraft

NASA’s UAS Integration in the NAS project, used the Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation’s unmanned TigerShark aircraft for its Flight Test Series Six project.

NASA and its partners are taking flying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) closer to operating in harmony with other aircraft in the National Airspace System (NAS). Continue reading

Sugus Project Launches Survey for U-Space and GNSS Communities

SUGUS, the European Commission’s project for the development of E-GNSS (European Global Navigation Satellite System) services for U-Space, is carrying out a survey to identify, gather and understand the U-space stakeholders’ needs, and to improve user experience of E-GNSS in complex operations and built-up areas. Continue reading

Skyports Joins UK CAA Sandbox to Trial BVLoS Flights

Drone delivery service provider Skyports has announced that it has been accepted into the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) Regulatory Sandbox to trial beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights in non-segregated airspace. Continue reading