Michael Willoughby, Author at Urban Air Mobility News

Toyota invests USD394 million in Joby Aviation

January 17, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Toyota Motor Corp. is investing USD 394 million in Joby Aviation, the eVTOL maker, the companies said in a press release. The

Hanwha Systems’ signs USD 25m Overair deal

January 17, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Hanwha Systems reached a final close on its cross-border USD 25 million investment in California-based electric takeoff and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft

EHang: UAVs should be more bus than taxi

January 16, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Urban air vehicles (UAVs) should be managed more like a bus network than a taxi system according to Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle

Swift to provide UAS service to Bahamas government agencies and ministries

January 14, 2020 Michael Willoughby Government contracts

by Michael Willoughby Swift Tactical Systems, a subsidiary of Swift Engineering, has won a US Dollars 17m contract to provide Bahamas government agencies and ministries

DroneUp signs agreement with South Dakota

January 14, 2020 Michael Willoughby Government contracts

by Michael Willoughby DroneUp has signed a Participating Addendum for the NASPO ValuePoint contract for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle services with the State of South Dakota

CES: Cubic Telecom and Manna team up to deliver food by UAM in Ireland

January 13, 2020 Michael Willoughby Express delivery

by Michael Willoughby Two Irish companies are collaborating to ensure hungry customers receive their orders at ultra high-speeds using a fleet of drones. Cubic Telecom has partnered

Montana signs participating addendum with Avion Unmanned to provide drone services to public agencies

January 13, 2020 Michael Willoughby Uncategorized

by Michael Willoughby Avion Unmanned, the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) division of Avion Solutions, Inc., signed a Participating Addendum with the State of Montana and all

Airbus shows CityAirbus quadcopter in flight for first time: VIDEO

January 10, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Airbus has released video of its CityAirbus demonstrator helicopter in flight. The fully electric VTOL started untethered flight testing in Donauwörth at

China’s Geely testing new Terrafugia aircraft

January 10, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is testing a new eVTOL aircraft for urban air mobility, the Terrafugia TF-2A, according to a press

CES: Japanese company shows Flying Gondola concept

January 8, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Japanese drone-maker, Aeronext, is displaying a model of its “Flying Gondola” concept at Las Vegas’s CES. In a press release, the company