The US National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded Crown Consulting a small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to develop a platform for informing
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
NASA publishes concept of operations for high density vertiport operations
The US National Aeronautical and Space Administration has released a concept of operations for high density vertiport operations. The publication provides a guide for future technology
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EHang demonstration flights planned for Mexico this year
Daniel Baltazar Ordóñez Real estate developer Los Amigos Tulum, led by Nico Wilmes and Marc Levy, plans to bring air mobility passenger services to Tulum
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EASA announces eVTOL certification expected 2024, clear approval of citizens and key role for local authorities
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has announced the results of the first European wide study of citizens’ expectations of urban air mobility (UAM),
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BETA Technologies attracts USD368 million of funding for its EVA eVOTL programme
BETA Technologies reports it has raised USD368 million in a private round of funding that was oversubscribed and led by Fidelity Management & Research Company. These funds will
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New EU-funded consortium to research acceptance, safety and sustainability of UAM
A group of companies and research laboratories from Poland, Italy, Portugal, and the Netherlands coordinated by Ł-ILOT, have teamed up to launch ASSURED – UAM,
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Japan addresses safety standards, licensing and infrastructure requirements for ‘flying cars’
Japan’s transport ministry plans to establish standards on required performances and safety to put flying cars into practical use, as well as a licensing system,
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Germany’s D3 joins Canadian programme to implement urban UTM concepts
The German UAM startup D3 Technologies AG has joined the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM) to support efforts to develop Urban Air Traffic Control
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BETA’s ALIA “first eVTOL to receive USAF airworthiness approval”
BETA Technology reports its ALIA aircraft is the first manned eVTOL to receive US Air Force airworthiness approval under the Air Force Agility Prime Program.
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UTM company Aeroscript “to start drone integration trials in St Petersburg airspace”
Russian UAS traffic management (UTM) company Aeroscript has announced it will shortly start trials to integrate drones into the airspace around St Petersburg, Russia, via
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