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Draft vertiport design standards “show marked differences to ICAO helipad requirements”

The FAA’s initial vertiport design brief shows some marked differences from conventional helipad design standards, according to Toby Enzerink, Drone Consultant at AirHub Vertiport designs based upon ICAO Annex 14 (heliports) differ widely from the […]

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New integrated ATM/U-space services and capabilities will meet the airspace integration challenges of Urban Air Mobility  

Giancarlo Ferrara, R&D Work Programme Coordinator at EUROCONTROL’s Drone/U-space Unit reports on how this SESAR research programme will support drone and passenger air taxi vehicles safely, securely, sustainably and efficiently operate in a controlled and […]

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Interview with Sky Drone Vivian Cai: “Building autonomous drone technologies in Hong Kong”

(Asking the questions: Jean-Baptiste Allemandou International Trade & Business Development/APAC) _________________________________________________________________________ I am Vivian, representing Sky Drone, both of our co-founders are from Germany, while I am from Hong Kong, China. The company was founded in […]

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“DroneTalks: educating and informing drone industry experts and the wider ecosystem”

Eszter Kovács is the CEO and Founder of Manageld Ltd and DroneTalks.online, and Acting Secretary General of Global UTM Association  What’s the aim of DroneTalks? We set up https://dronetalks.online/ to educate and inform the entire drone ecosystem […]

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EU study shows public “still believe” drones are primarily toys and ignorant of drone usage by first responders

A recent survey called The ResponDrone Project, carried out by focus groups in six European countries, reveal the public “still believe” drones are primarily employed as toys or otherwise used for either amateur photography or […]