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Digital licence plates for drones may be in the works

September 24, 2019 Michael Willoughby Comments Off on Digital licence plates for drones may be in the works

by Michael Willoughby Drones may soon carry electronic licence plates, thanks to new guidelines for a remote ID system for unmanned aircraft recently submitted for approval, according to tech site, IEEE Spectrum.  A new standard, […]

First responders

47 teams given green light for Australian Medical Rescue Challenge 2020

September 23, 2019 Michael Willoughby Comments Off on 47 teams given green light for Australian Medical Rescue Challenge 2020

by Michael Willoughby A total of nearly 50 teams comprising 500 people are set to compete in next year’s Australian Medical Rescue Challenge. The goal of the UAV Challenge is to demonstrate the utility of […]

Express delivery

Zipline ready to deliver medical drugs to remote Indian villages

September 23, 2019 Michael Willoughby Comments Off on Zipline ready to deliver medical drugs to remote Indian villages

by Michael Willoughby A new service, co-run by the Maharashtra government in India, will deliver drugs to remote locations in the region using drones, Forbes India reports. The magazine says the service will likely start next […]

Express delivery

Wing unveils plans for first-of-its-kind trial with FedEx and Walgreens

September 20, 2019 Michael Willoughby Comments Off on Wing unveils plans for first-of-its-kind trial with FedEx and Walgreens

by Michael Willoughby This fall, Wing, FedEx Express, Walgreens, and local retailer Sugar Magnolia will launch a pilot program to make drone delivery available to residents of Christiansburg in Virginia’s New River Valley. The trial […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Frisco, North Texas, to house test Uber verti-port

September 20, 2019 Michael Willoughby Comments Off on Frisco, North Texas, to house test Uber verti-port

by Michael Willoughby Frisco Mayor, Jeff Cheney says Uber has chosen the North Texas city as the first test site for its verti-port, reports the Dallas Business Journal. The paper points out that a helipad was […]

Air taxis and personal transports

U-blox high precision positioning modules fitted in Quantum-System drones

September 19, 2019 Michael Willoughby Comments Off on U-blox high precision positioning modules fitted in Quantum-System drones

by Michael Willoughby According to a u-blox press release, Quantum-Systems, a German company specialising in the development and production of electric VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing) aircrafts for civilian use, has incorporated u-blox module in […]

Express delivery

Diabetes medication delivered by drone to Aran Islands

September 18, 2019 Michael Willoughby Comments Off on Diabetes medication delivered by drone to Aran Islands

by Michael Willoughby In a world-first, diabetes medication has been delivered to the Aran Islands by a drone, Irish Health reports. “According to NUI Galway, which has been working on this project with pharmaceutical company […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Lift Aircraft reports progress on eVTOL testing

September 17, 2019 Michael Willoughby Comments Off on Lift Aircraft reports progress on eVTOL testing

by Michael Willoughby Lift’s CEO says the company’s Hexa project is still on track to take on its first customers by the end of this year, reports Yahoo! Finance’s Geekwire. “Matt Chasen, a veteran of […]

First responders

DJI and Dubai police agree to partner on help for public safety pros.

September 16, 2019 Michael Willoughby Comments Off on DJI and Dubai police agree to partner on help for public safety pros.

by Michael Willoughby DJI, the manufacturer of civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, announced a Solution Development Partnership with Dubai Police to test and deploy DJI drone technology as a tool to aid its public […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Volocopter takes to the air in Stuttgart – VIDEO

September 16, 2019 Michael Willoughby Comments Off on Volocopter takes to the air in Stuttgart – VIDEO

by Michael Willoughby VoloCopter’s VoloCity took its first European urban flight on 9 September video released by the German company shows. The Stuttgart demonstration of the eVTOL vehicle was made in front of the Minister-President […]

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Today, I reviewed the Roads and Transport Authority’s latest infrastructure and public transport projects aimed at enhancing quality of life in Dubai. Ahead of next year’s air taxi launch, the first crewed eVTOL flight took off from Margham and landed at Al Maktoum International…

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