The British Government has issued new legislation to extend the ‘no-fly’ zone around UK airports, banning drones from flying within 5km of runways. The new exclusion zone will be increased by several kilometres, including banning drone flight […]
The move by UK authorities to impose tougher drone restrictions zones around airports and give police extra powers to deal with the drone threat has been welcomed by the UK pilots’ association. The British Airline Pilots’ […]
London airports Heathrow and Gatwick have confirmed they are planning to spend millions to acquire and install ‘military-grade anti-drone apparatus’, while Scotland’s Edinburgh Airport is also taking additional precautionary measures to combat rogue drone incursions. Two people […]
Ground-breaking trials to be held later this month are aimed at showing whether it’s possible to safely integrate unmanned traffic into controlled airspace and open up the skies to commercial airspace worldwide. Altitude Angel, British […]
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) is urging US lawmakers working on a reauthorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration to include stricter enforcement laws for drone It wants new legislation to give […]
ERA ‘s vehicle tracking system – known as SQUID – proved itself during the testing of the newly introduced security system within the international EU-FP7 funded project called SCOUT. The goal of the SCOUT project […]
BULATSA has opened an operations security centre co-financed by the European Commission under the Connecting Europe facility. The Bulgarian air navigation service provider said the project is unique among the projects currently being implemented with […]
Eurocontrol has deployed a new system to prevent unsafe aircraft from entering European airspace. Since November 2016, any non-European aircraft that enters the European Union needs to have a single safety authorisation valid throughout Europe called […]
Eurocontrol has awarded Thales two contracts to strengthen the cyber security of its information systems and, in partnership with Cegeka, a Belgian company specialising in advanced information technologies, to support its continuing digital transformation. Digital […]
New research has found that airports are ill-equipped to deal with a major cyber attack and that remote tower technology could represent a major vulnerability. The PA Consulting Group report, ‘Overcome the Silent Threat’, blames […]
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