Numerous sources report that Boeing is closing its Boeing NeXt innovation division, which has been developing through its Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary Passenger Air Vehicle
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Urban air safety and societal requirements
By Gary Cutts, Challenge Director, Future Flight, UK Research and Innovation The UK has been at the forefront of aviation for more than 100 years.
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Volocopter opens reservations for first UAM flights
At the Greentech Festival in Berlin on 16 September Volocopter announced the world’s first public sale for electrical air taxi flight reservations. According to a company press
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Regional authority to finance UAM programme in Ingolstadt with EUR100 million grant
The Bavarian Council of Ministers in Germany is supporting the Urban Air Mobility Initiative in Ingolstadt with an EUR100 million grant. A year ago, Bavaria
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UK defence ministry wants to develop lethal UAM capabilities
The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) and Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) are seeking innovative and novel solutions to assist military drone operators to
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World Economic Forum and Los Angeles launch UAM road-map/principles document
The World Economic Forum and the City of Los Angeles released a first-of-its-kind roadmap to support the roll-out of urban air mobility (UAM) in cities,
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Cyclotech plans hover flight tests of its airfoil-less air taxi engine by end of year
Cyclotech (https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/cyclotech-launches-airfoil-less-air-taxi-propulsion-concept/) plans to perform the first perform full system tests on its airfoil-less air taxi propulsion concept on a static test bench and then
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EDA finalises work on civil/military RPAS take-off and landing standards
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has completed its work on the ‘Enhanced RPAS Automation’ (ERA) project launched in 2016 by EDA on behalf of Germany,
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Lilium signs regional transport service agreement with Dusseldorf and Cologne/Bonn airports
Lilium, the Munich-based company producing all-electric, vertical take-off and landing aircraft for regional air mobility markets, has agreed with both Dusseldorf Airport and Cologne/Bonn Airport
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New agreement moves China and EU closer together on UTM and UAM
The EU-China Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA), which went into force in the first week of September will bring European and Chinese safety regulators closer
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