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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
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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
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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
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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is hosting its first global RPAS Symposium titled "Remotely piloted or piloted: sharing one aerospace system", which will take place from 23 to 25 March 2015 at ICAO headquarters in Montreal, Canada. The intent of this symposium is to share amongst States
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The European Commission's High Level RPAS Conference will take place in Riga, Latvia on 5 & 6 March 2015. It is being hosted by the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), and is being attended by European Commission representatives, EU national Ministers of Transport, Directors
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SkyWard and Robotic Skies have announced a partnership that teams the aviation expertise of each company to provide safety, compliance, and maintenance solutions to the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) community.Through SkyWard's digital system of record and Robotic Skies' global maintenance network UAS operators can easily track
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Kansas State University Salina has reached a national milestone in the unmanned aircraft systems industry, becoming the first entity in the country to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, for statewide access during flight operations. The university has received three Certificates of Authorization that will allow its
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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems in the National Airspace System. The FAA is proposing to amend its regulations to adopt specific rules to allow the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems in
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The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said on Sunday that it is currently drafting the regulations and criteria for using drones in UAE skies. Authorities are also drafting regulations parallel to those implemented by GCAA to control the import and distribution of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on the local market.