Emerging regulations

A drone crashed into a house last December when it lost GPS signals due to interference according to a UK accident investigation, reports c4isrnet.com. The drone, a DJI M600 Pro weighing 15.5kg and costing close […]

DRONERESPONDERS announced this week the release of The Five C’s:  Principles on the Responsible Use of Drones by Public Safety Agencies, which provide a new tool to help guide the development and deployment of drones […]

As drone usage increases both commercially and recreationally so does the infiltration of criminals and their nefarious purposes, reports commercialdroneprofessional.com. Therefore, INTERPOL have created a document under the heading Framework for Responding to a Drone Incident […]

Okotoks-based In-Flight Data has gained federal certification to fly drones Beyond The Line of Sight (BVLOS), reports globalnews.ca. The company have received a one-year certificate from Transport Canada which allows drones to fly longer distances without […]

Parazero (PRZ), the company behind the parachute drone safety system, has just passed an important milestone, reports dronedj.com. The FAA has issued 100 waivers to 100 companies using its parachute system around the US. The […]

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released an initial Concept of Operations (ConOps) for Urban Air Mobility. The 30-page document describes how urban air taxi operations will operate safely in the US National Airspace […]

Transport Canada is proposing to allow drones weighing as much as a Cessna 152 to be operated beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) over “isolated areas” to free-up unmanned craft operations across the country. However, […]

ICAO’s Air Navigation Commission (ANC) hosted a discussion with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and standards agency Eurocae on Urban Air Mobility (UAM) on 20 May 2020. The regulatory bodies were looking at how […]

Non-profit organisation The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), along with Europe’s aviation associations, has urged the European Commission (EC) to create a new approach to ensure the safe integration of drones in the European airspace, […]