By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The latest analysis of the 2025-2027 Horizon Europe Strategic Plan from the European Commission – the second half of its EUR 95.5 billion 2021–2027 research
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Category: Research
Eve Air Mobility reports completion of its UTM system and propeller testing
Eve Air Mobility announced today the completion of its Urban Air Traffic Management (Urban ATM) prototype. The prototype focuses on concepts and services essential to
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UK opens new drone and eVTOL test/training centre
A new drone testing and eVTOL training centre has opened in the UK. The UK’s government’s Satellite Applications Catapult has opened its Drone Test and
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Aviation safety and battery research grants among latest EU Horizon funding calls
The European Commission has launched new calls for projects under Horizon Europe’s Work Programme for 2023-2024 Cluster 5 – which groups together topics on Climate Action, Energy
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Turbulent flows and gusts around buildings “can affect drone/eVTOL stability”
The turbulent flows and gusts around buildings and other urban infrastructure can affect the steadiness and stability of eVTOLs and drones by generating a highly
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Embraer, ITA and FAPSEP open AAM engineering research centre in Sao Paulo
Embraer, ITA (Aeronautical Technological Institute), and FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Support Foundation) held today the inauguration ceremony of the Engineering Research Center (CPE), dedicated
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NASA is using Joby flight simulators to design flight paths into vertiports
Pilots and flight engineers with NASA’s AAM National Campaign are collaborating with Joby Aviation on a series of flight test simulations in Joby’s vehicle simulator. The
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NASA applies ‘data & reasoning fabric’ research to understand challenges associated with urban flights
A Data & Reasoning Fabric (DRF) project by NASA is helping to address challenges encountered when flying in cities and urban areas. Tall buildings, local
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GNSS Galileo navigation services for urban air mobility will be tested in Benidorm, Spain
In autumn 2023, the second test flight in the Support to Standardisation Actions for EGNOS and Galileo in the U-Space (SONORA) programme will take place
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New EUR 40 million European HECATE programme will research electric distribution systems
To support hybrid-electric propulsion systems, new high-voltage distribution technologies will be required as electric power levels increase from hundreds of kilowatts in today’s aircraft, to
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