Commentary

Vertical Flight Society’s Hirschberg: “concerns over FAA change of plans for eVTOL certification”

Mike Hirschberg, Executive Director, the Vertical Flight Society, has written a powerful article highlighting the challenges facing US eVTOL manufacturers following the decision by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that winged eVTOLs that met […]

Cargo and logistics

“Drone delivery can achieve cost parity with ground networks but be faster and safer” – UVL Robotics

Drone delivery of single and multiple parcels in urban environments soon will at the very least achieve cost parity with the human delivery, while being safer and up to three times as fast as conventional […]

New city projects

European Commission “chooses Norrköping to become aviation digital innovation hub”

Norrköping Science Park has announced the European Commission has chosen Norrköping as a European digital innovation hub (EDIH), specialising in new aviation technologies. According to the Science Park the financing, which is expected to amount […]

Air taxis and personal transports

China “to accelerate low altitude economy of long distance cargo drones and urban eVTOLs”

The Sohu News Service reports that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has published its “14th Five-Year Plan for General Aviation Development” which contains a roadmap for urban air mobility, UTM and drone operational development. […]

Cargo and logistics

Amazon Prime Air seeks FCC to authorise 60-64 GHz band collision avoidance system bandwidth operations

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes All of a sudden, Amazon Prime Air drones are back in business. Amazon Prime Air has written to the US Federal Communications Commission to ask the Commission to amend section 15.255 to […]

Training

Poland’s GREy launches workshops for local authorities defining UTM geo-zones and responsibilities

Poland’s GREy UTM company, part of the Droneradar project, in cooperation with Metropolia GZM, has started to conduct workshops with representatives of local authorities in defining UTM geo-zones around urban areas. According to a social […]