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A man has been charged with 17 offences related to allegedly flying a drone over landmarks including the Houses of Parliament, the Queen Victoria memorial outside Buckingham Palace and several football stadiums. Nigel Wilson, 42, is due to appear at Westminster magistrates court on 16 April over alleged offences under
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The Indian government said on Monday that the aviation regulator is in the process of developing an interim operations guideline for civil use of drones or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma told the Lok Sabha during question hour that the Directorate General of
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If you fly a drone and post footage on YouTube, you could end up with a letter from the Federal Aviation Administration. Earlier this week, the agency sent a legal notice to Jayson Hanes, a Tampa-based drone hobbyist who has been posting drone-shot videos online for roughly the last year.
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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) presented its new regulatory approach for safely operating remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS). This marks a significant change in the way aviation safety regulations are developed, becoming proportionate to the risks they aim to address. Called ‘Concept of Operations’, this new approach foresees safe
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The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) of the Ministry of Communications in Brunei has reminded the public that launching of any unmanned aircraft, commonly known as drone, is a prohibited activity under Section 21 of the Civil Aviation Order 2006. The DCA said it is an offence to use Unmanned
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The main issue with holding an interactive conference in the 21st century is easy access to the latest technology. That in mind, the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas has had to take the precautionary step of banning drones. “SXSW has a strict no drones policy due to the safety risks
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Drone pilots who fly in the Royal Parks will have to leave their flying gadgets at home under new legislation. Notices put up in all eight of the parks, including Richmond Park and Bushy Park, state the flying of drones and model aircrafts is prohibited, under order by the Secretary
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On 5-6 March 2015, the "Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems: Framing the future of Aviation" conference took place in Riga, Latvia. This event was organised by the Ministry of Transport of Latvia and the Civil Aviation Agency of Latvia, in cooperation with the European Commission, during the Latvian Presidency
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Panoptes UAV is a subsidiary and new arm of Aurora Flight Sciences. The division is working to develop avionics for commercial unmanned aircraft platforms with the ability to act as the "brains under the hood," helping the aircraft to see and avoid obstacles in its path. The manufacturer&
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The EU is being urged to create an online register of drone owners. The recommendation was made by the House of Lords EU Committee, which has been looking into what rules are needed to safeguard the use of unmanned aircraft.It suggests the database would initially include businesses and other
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The European Commission’s future air traffic management initiative has only one-third of the budget required to carry out the full integration of remotely piloted air systems (RPAS) into European airspace, a senior representative has acknowledged. Speaking at a conference in Brussels on 3 March, Denis Koehl, senior advisor for
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Unmanned Systems Canada has just released its report Canadian Civil UAS 2014. The report, developed with funding from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), provides insight into the growth and potential of the UAS sector in Canada.“It was a pleasure to undertake this work for NRC”, said Stewart