Air taxi manufacturer Volocopter has announced today that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) awarded the company Design Organisation Approval (DOA) following a series of
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
NASA and Uber Elevate start eVTOL flight simulations
US National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA) Ames research Center ran a series of simulated eVTOL flights in collaboration with Uber Elevate over Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
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French postal service has started parcel deliveries by drone in south-east
French postal service La Poste has started making parcel deliveries using drones in the Isère region of south-east of France. La Poste subsidiary DPD began
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XAG and Airbus start food delivery trials in Guangzhou
Chinese drone manufacturer XAG signed a joint development agreement with Airbus in July 2019 to launch a delivery service; the team completed their first trial
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Dutch companies form consortium to advance urban air mobility concepts
Leading industrial parties in the Netherlands announced the launch of the Dutch Drone Delta consortium during the Amsterdam Drone Week. According to a consortium press release:
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“Sixty-seven percent of population would probably use urban air taxis” – results of Stuttgart study
According to research by Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart – a University of Applied Science – 67% of a population sample would probably or very probably
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DJI joins Memphis International Airport UAS IPP drone programme
DJI has announced it is participating in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program (UAS IPP) at Memphis International Airport.
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European Commission opens tender call for UAM safety, sustainability and public acceptance
The European Commission has launched a tender for industry to research proposals in the areas of Urban Air Mobility safety and security, sustainability and public
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US major-city first responders form new drone users group
Representatives from the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and the New York
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Comparing the cost-effectiveness of drones v ground vehicles for medical, food and parcel deliveries
By Thiago Tavares, VVA Brussels According to the United Nations[1], more than 55% of the world’s population lived in urban settlements in 2018 and 60%
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