SkyDrive Inc., a manufacturer of flying cars and cargo drones in Japan, has announced that an agreement was reached in March with the Japan Civil
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
“GNSS will be key to integrating drones into ATM” – results of Italy’s URANO research
“GPS/EGNOS and Galileo are of key importance for guaranteeing levels of safety appropriate for the services that can be developed using the (UAS) craft.” This
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Airbus-led team launches Air Mobility Initiative: aircraft, UTM and vertiport components
Airbus is leading a new programme, the Air Mobility Initiative, to bring Urban Air Mobility (UAM) to Bavaria as a blueprint for inter-city transportation in
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Undefined Technologies “to fly longer range silent ion-propulsion eVTOL demonstrator this month”
Undefined Technologies, a Florida-based tech startup, is due to fly this month the second long-range mission of its silent eVTOL drone powered by ion propulsion.
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SESAR SAFIR-Med European research project releases results from first series of flight trials
Closing off the first series of flight trials, as well as testing sessions of technologies developed to ensure the necessary flow of information between use
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Europe’s AiRMOUR research project develops guidebook for drone services in cities
The SESAR research and innovation project AiRMOUR, Urban Air Mobility Emergency Medical Services in EU cities and regions, is developing a guidebook for drone services
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Coventry Urban-Air Port vertiport demonstrator opens its doors
The Coventry Urban-Air Port demonstrator, the first for a UK city, has opened its doors to visitors as part of a programme to understand how
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SESAR 3 JU identifies seven research areas to achieve air-ground integration and autonomy
Europe’s air traffic management airspace modernisation research arm, SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking, has released a multiannual work programme from 2022-2031. Two of the nine flagship
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EU programme to start training local authorities in UAM takes first steps
According to a Linkedin post, the first meeting of UAMschool4cities project leaders has taken place. The training programme will be piloted with 70 city employees
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Pierce Aerospace and Vigilant Aerospace link to provide remote ID to FlightHorizon service
Pierce Aerospace has announced a partnership with Vigilant Aerospace Systems to integrate Pierce Aerospace’s Flight Portal Remote ID technologies into Vigilant’s FlightHorizon airspace management and
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