By Chris Stonor (Updated May 19th) At the start of May a French judge ruled in favour of allowing the Interior Ministry to continue to
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Intel acquires urban ride planning company Moovit for USD900 million
Intel Corporation has announced it has acquired Moovit, a mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) solutions company, for approximately USD900 million (USD840 million net of Intel Capital equity gain).
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Agility Prime: Volansi launches VOLY M20 maritime/military cargo drone
On 1 May Volansi announced the launch of its latest unmanned aerial vehicle, the VOLY M20 at the United States Air Force’s Agility Prime Virtual
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EHang demonstrates coordinated drone response to flood emergency
Ehang has announced that it participated in a flood emergency response exercise recently organized by the local government in Shaoguan, China. According to a press
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“ISO to develop standards for small cargo drones vertiports” – EuroUSC-Italia
On 27 April 2020, ISO Technical Committee TC/20 (Aerospace) approved the launch of the New Work Item (NWI) 5015-2 to develop an international standard on
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USAF Agility Prime programme to accelerate advanced air mobility uptake
On 27 April, the US Air Force kicked off its Agility Prime programme which seeks to rapidly transform the US military and civil advanced air
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SkySkopes: Pioneering COVID-19 simultaneous drone response operations
How drones are being used in the fight against the coronavirus” It is a common enough headline. But one company, SkySkopes of North Dakota, is
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EHang “to start autonomous aerial vehicle operations” in Hezhou by end of 2020
EHang Holdings Limited has announced its intention to build the world’s first autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) hub (or “E-port” in the City of Hezhou in
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Drone Delivery Canada secures for patent for drone routeing system in busy skies
Drone Delivery Canada has announced that on April 21, 2020, the United States Patent Office granted DDC Patent 10,625,879 which covers aspects of DDC’s drone
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Kongsberg joins Ohio SOARING urban airspace management project
Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based geospatial technology was selected as part of the project team which recently secured a $1.4 million contract with the Ohio Federal
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