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DfT now funding the Electronic Conspicuity Rebate Scheme until 31 March 2024

Great news for the UK’s General Aviation and Unmanned Aircraft Systems communities! The Department for Transport is now funding the Electronic Conspicuity (EC) Rebate Scheme until 31st March 2024. Electronic Conspicuity (EC) technology promotes airspace safety by enabling pilots and drone users to identify nearby aircraft and avoid collisions. This involves devices on planes and drones…

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UK CAA Innovation Team release CAP2537-9 for Advanced Air Mobility

The UK CAA Innovation team have been busy again, developing some useful guidance for innovators. 1. CAP2537 provides a short information notice on the UK CAA approach for #certification of #eVTOL aircraft. www.caa.co.uk/CAP2537 2. CAP2538 describes the considerations for Aerodromes and Vertiports planning to operate Vertical Take-off and Landing Aircraft (VTOL) www.caa.co.uk/CAP2538 3. CAP2539 guides the Advanced Air Mobility industry on…

Cyberhawk™ team up with Intelligent Energy to launch BVLOS operations using hydrogen fuel cell technology

Cyberhawk, world leader in visual data management, adopts Intelligent Energy’s IE-SOAR™ fuel cells to offer customers better quality data and increased operational efficiency. Cyberhawk delivers end-to-end capabilities to their customers around the globe spanning data collection, democratisation of imagery and operational insights via analytics. Over 5,000 project managers around the globe rely on their flagship software…

F1 specialist MGI Engineering launches autonomous cargo drones

MGI Engineering CEO Mike Gascoyne and one of the Mosquito drones (Credit: MGI Engineering) Formula One specialist MGI Engineering has revealed two cargo drone technology demonstrators, using its motorsport mindset to tackle challenges in the sector. The Mosquito UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were unveiled by the Oxfordshire firm today (19 April) at the eVTOL Insights’ London Conference….

Drone Enable 2023 – ICAO’s UAS Industry Symposium

DRONE ENABLE 2023 is ICAO’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Industry Symposium with the theme “Innovation and infrastructure developments supporting the future of unmanned aviation“. The symposium will take place in Montréal, Canada from 5 to 7 December 2023, bringing together key stakeholders from the unmanned aviation sector to exchange research, best practices, and challenges. The deadline…

UTM Deployment Best Practices and Lessons Learned

DATE & TIME:  14 November 10:00 – 11:30 EST As a follow up to the DRONE ENABLE 2022 Request for Information, this Webinar will focus on the latest developments in the UTM domain, particularly from subject matter experts with practical experience in the implementation of UTM systems. The speakers will provide their insight from UTM deployments, which will…

UTM Financial Sustainability Strategies

DATE & TIME:  18 September 10:00 – 11:30 EST Now that several States, organizations and industry members have begun implementing UTM Systems and offering UTM services, the question of how such services can be sustained from a financial perspective remains open. This webinar will look at business models for UTM, as well as associated ownership options,…

UTM as an Enabler for Collaborative Operating Environment

DATE & TIME:  30 May 10:00 – 11:30 EST A collaborative operating environment could be seen as a volume of airspace with intermixed operations between small unmanned aircraft (UA), complex BVLOS UA, at scale, other new entrants under the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) umbrella as well as existing manned aircraft in the lower airspace. The webinar…