Didier Decaestecker

Today we witnessed D-Hive's first regular BVLOS flight in the POAB

A small milestone for a drone, a huge milestone for the drone industry

What’s going on here? Today D-Hive (The Port of Antwerp-Bruges automated Drone-in-a-Box network) executed its first regular automated BVLOS flight! It received formal Operational Authorisation from the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) to fly regular BVLOS flights in and for the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. Why is this important? It’s certainly not the first time we’ve …

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January 26th, here’s U-space!

A new UAS regulation will go into effect on 26 January 2023 and will introduce new guidelines for drone operations in the EU. The previously designated very low-level airspace (from 0 m to 150 m above ground) will now be called “U-space airspace” where drones will only be able to fly if drone pilots rely on traffic services provided by U-space service providers (USSP).