Securing urban airspace

Pierce Aerospace helps US Army detect, track, identify drones in urban environments

Pierce Aerospace has announced that it successfully integrated Flight Portal ID, an ASTM F3411-19 compliant Remote ID/Combat ID technology suite, into multiple command and control systems for counter UAS (C-UAS) operations, including initial integration steps […]

UTM

D3 Technologies plans pilot urban air mobility platform in 2021 following seed funding announcement

Munich-based Urban Air Mobility (UAM) start-up D3 Technologies has announced the completion of its seed II funding round. Mobility players such as Vector Venture Capital GmbH as lead investor, SEK Ventures GmbH (founders of Flixbus), […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Amsterdam Drone Week – Asia Pacific leads air taxi development but “unmanned air vehicles need to be safer”

Asia’s ability to make things happen to a timetable stems from close coordination at government level, said Duncan Walker CEO of Skyports, “It sounds simple, but it is rare in Europe and the US. We […]

Commentary

“DroneTalks: educating and informing drone industry experts and the wider ecosystem”

Eszter Kovács is the CEO and Founder of Manageld Ltd and DroneTalks.online, and Acting Secretary General of Global UTM Association  What’s the aim of DroneTalks? We set up https://dronetalks.online/ to educate and inform the entire drone ecosystem […]

Air taxis and personal transports

“GoFly competition for personal air vehicle pioneers adapts to pandemic restrictions” – Vertiflite

The Vertical Flight Society’s Vertiflite magazine has given an update (https://evtol.news/news/gofly-teams-prepare-to-fly-again) on the GoFly Prize competition, with the November announcement from GoFly: “While the Grand Prize remains USD1,000,000, we will now provide for an individual team demonstration […]