ICAO Celebrates Latest Step In Aviation Innovation With Code Assignments For World-First Off-Planet Flight Operation
In support of its Organization-wide focus on innovation in aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) presented the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with official ICAO flight designator and call-sign codes for the ‘Ingenuity’ helicopter flight conducted on Mars. ICAO said the flight was operated using the ‘IGY’ three-letter designator, and call-sign ‘INGENUITY’, …
Fourth Annual ICAO Drone Enable Symposium To Explore Latest UAS, RPAS Developments
Dr. Fang Liu, Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has acknowledged that traditional aviation continues to undergo a fundamental evolution in light of the increasingly widespread use of unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, as well as related modernization trends associated with digital communications and the emergence of advanced air mobility operators and other new entrants. Dr. …
First Bell 505 Lands in Kenya
With over 100 Bell 505s already delivered around the world being used for many different missions, the aircraft has now officially made it to Kenya Earlier this month, Bell Independent Representative, Africair, delivered the first Bell 505 to KIDL Operations in Kenya, one of the fastest growing operators in East Africa specializing in executive transport. The aircraft was shipped from …
ICAO SG Stresses Safe, Harmonized Airspace Management For RPAS, UAS
Dr. Fang Liu, ICAO Secretary General has affirmed the need for responsive regulatory frameworks to support the safe integration of unmanned air traffic innovations into the global aviation network. Dr. Liu who spoke at ICAO’s Unmanned Aviation Week states: “Worldwide, RPAS and UAS technologies and operations have been evolving rapidly in recent years, spurring thousands of new entrants to the …