UAM infrastructure

First Singapore 5G comms/nav trial results “open door to more reliable UAM connectivity”

By Jenny Beechener The preliminary results from using 5G networks for uncrewed air vehicle communications and navigation in Singapore suggest there are considerable potential advantages over 4G systems – but more research is needed. To […]

Air taxis and personal transports

SILENT-YACHTS to offer Xcraft XP4 eVTOL and submarine for new SILENT 120 Explorer super yacht

Solar catamaran builder SILENT-YACHTS’s  new SILENT 120 Explorer is being designed with space for an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for heli-cruising and a submarine for underwater discovery. According to a company press release: […]

UAM infrastructure

Swift Group and NEDO to develop platform for drone urban flight planning

Swift Engineering has announced its Japanese Subsidiary, Swift Xi, signed an agreement with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in a project called “Digital Infrastructure Development Project for Digital Transformation of Industries: […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

“EHang to make first Latin American eVTOL flights in Curitiba, South Brazil, in March 2023”

MundoGeo reports that EHang has chosen Curitiba in Brazil to carry out the first flight of an eVTOL in Latin America. “The intention is that a first demonstration, still without crew and passengers, will be made during […]