The South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is trying to finalise regulations for the flying of UAV in the country’s civilian airspace by the end of March, 2015. The process of developing regulations in this regard takes consideration of the unique new safety and security risks. The regulations are applied ... Weiterlesen

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) announced on July 29, 2014, that a recent 10-day test has successfully tracked and demodulated data from encrypted signals of the Commercial Service (CS) from available Galileo satellites. The tests verified the CS encryption functionalities, with the data received containing authentication and high-accuracy information previously generated ... Weiterlesen

The Federal Aviation Administration (FFA) must publish regulations that provide guidelines on the use of UAS for commercial operations. In June, amidst its recent enforcement actions, the FAA issued its first commercial authorization for mapping UAS over land in the U.S. The FAA issued a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (CoA) ... Weiterlesen