The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) on 17 October announced the launch of a “European Drone Investment – Advisory Platform” to support
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Category: UAM infrastructure
Skyports shows render of first-ever full-scale, life-sized vertiport prototype
Skyports has released a render of the world’s first-ever full-scale, life-sized vertiport prototype. The real thing will be shown at this year’s ITS World Congress
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Volocopter will show prototype of VoloPort in Singapore next month
by Michael Willoughby Volocopter, manufacturer of the “world’s first purely electric flying multicopter” is set to display a full-scale prototype of its VoloPort at the
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New Miami condo tower designed to cater for urban air taxis and flying cars
The Miami Herald reports that an air taxi/flying car landing and take-off port is nearing completion on top of the city centre 60-story Paramount Miami
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“I am 100% confident there is going to be a major revolution with VTOLs in this city” – Clem Newton-Brown of Melbourne’s Skyportz
By Michael Doran In the race to get the world’s first passenger-vehicle urban air mobility service into operation Uber Air is one of the leading
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UK’s Atkins and Vertical Aerospace to work together on UAM concepts
UK engineering company Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is collaborating with UK electric aircraft company Vertical Aerospace to help develop intercity air taxi
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Skyports, Volocopter to build first mobile air taxi hub in Singapore in 2019
Skyports and Volocopter have announced a cooperation to build the first mobile Volo-Port – a landing pads for eVTOL (electric take-off and landing) air txis.
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Los Angeles’ Compton/Woodley airport installs electric aircraft charging system
The Los Angeles County Public Works, in partnership with Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum has installed the USA’s first commercial electric aircraft charging station at Compton/Woodley Airport.
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Percepto flies drone autonomously over Korea’s 5G cellular network
Percepto, a company headquartered in Israel specialising in on-site autonomous drone solutions for critical infrastructures and industrial sites – has announced that it has successfully demonstrated
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Target Arm unveils Talon v2.5 – a mobile drone launch and recovery system
Target Arm has launched the v2.5 version of its Talon Universal Launch and Recovery (ULaR) platform at the AUVSI Xponential Show in Chicago. According to
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