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Wing brings drone delivery to Ireland

ing will conduct a small-scale ies. Wing is encouraged by what
Wdemonstration of a drone is emerging and is now eager to
delivery operation in Lusk, an Irish investigate how they may use these
village in Fingal, County Dublin, new rules to extend this service to
20 kilometers north of Dublin. other European areas.
Wing's strong relationships and "This is the first small step for
approvals in Finland will be used Wing in Ireland and will look differ-
for these activities. The approvals ent from the commercial services
are recognized by the Irish Aviation we now operate in Finland, Australia
Authority and can be recognized and the United States. We're excited
across the EASA Member States. for the opportunity to demonstrate
The European Union has recently our technology and get feedback
made significant progress in de- from the community," said Margaret
veloping standards for unmanned Nagle, Head of Policy, Regulatory
aviation, laying the groundwork for and Community Affairs, Wing in an
safe and scalable drone deliver- official press release.

Drone delivery firm PABLO

AIR contributes to NASA

demonstration project

ANSL and Skyports collaborate on

CAA Innovation Sandbox project

ir Navigation Solutions ANSL and Skyports Drone ABLO AIR, a member tions at Griffiss International
A(ANSL) has joined Services are collaborating Pof the Born2Global Airport in New York.
Skyports Drone Services in with the CAA's Innovation Centre, announced that it The testing will happen in
the Civil Aviation Authority's team to develop an opera- will participate in a project the Hampton Roads, Virginia
(CAA) Sandbox, a space tional safety case for BVLOS to improve urban airspace area where NASA's Langley
where companies can test operations. This will allow safety hosted by the National Research Center is located
innovative airspace solutions. the two companies to flesh Aeronautics and Space from this October to July
ANSL, an air traffic manage- out their plans and inten- Administration (NASA)'s next year. The project will in-
ment provider, and Skyports tions for the TMZ operation, Aeronautics Research Mission clude collaboration from five
Drone Services, a drone as well as investigate regula- Directorate. This project feeds companies: PABLO AIR, Re-
operations company, will tory perspectives and the into NASA's larger vision for silienX, TruWeather, Spright
collaborate to develop plans feasibility of the proposal, Advanced Air Mobility. and Longbow. PABLO AIR
for the UK's first low-level before formally submitting PABLO AIR established a will install wind speed
Transponder Mandatory Zone them for approval. A critical branch in Arizona last year. sensors on its multicopter
(TMZ) in the West of Scotland. component of ANSL and This year, along with NUAIR delivery drone and collect
The project's goal is to provide Skyports' development work (Northeast UAS Airspace In- and utilize data through the
safe and equitable access for is actively engaging stake- tegration Research), the com- smart traffic management
all airspace users, including holders to solicit ongoing pany is steadily conducting system (PAMNet, PABLO AIR
crewed and uncrewed aircraft. feedback. drone delivery demonstra- Mobility Network).
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