Automation is expected to make air traffic controllers’ jobs a bit easier. But instead it could add more work and lead to more mistakes being made.
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Allowing people to fly drones beyond their line of sight could greatly expand commercial applications.
With each year of the Ukraine-Russia war, Moscow has upped its violations of neighboring states’ airspace – testing NATO’s resolve.
No-fly zones in Europe and the Middle East are making planes travel further and burn more fuel.
Tracking small, uncrewed aircraft – also known as drones – is difficult, especially at night. Detecting the radio signals used to control them is a promising approach, though it’s no silver bullet.
There are thousands of sightings of UFOs – or ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ as the US government prefers to call them – every year.
A Chinese high-altitude balloon violated U.S. airspace, a serious enough breach to nix a high-level diplomatic meeting in Beijing. The balloon itself, however, was not much of a threat.
Drones are coming to our cities – but what do people really think about them, and how can they have a sustainable future? New research provides some answers.
In the context of accelerating geopolitical, technological and environmental change, we need to radically reassess how we perceive airspace legally.
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Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Law, University of Kent
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Lead, Research and Impact, Nesta
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Head of Future Cities, Nesta
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Assistant Professor in Aviation Management, Dublin City University
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
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PhD in aviation law, University of Cape Town