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UAM infrastructure

AURA attracts USD75 million in new funding for US nationwide command-and-control network

AURA Network Systems (AURA) has announced it has closed USD75 million in funding, with USD55 million committed by Fortress Investment Group, or its affiliates, and $20 million from previous investors Mudrick Capital Management and Tracker […]

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. […]

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 […]

Government investment

SESAR 3 JU identifies seven research areas to achieve air-ground integration and autonomy

Europe’s air traffic management airspace modernisation research arm, SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking, has released a multiannual work programme from 2022-2031. Two of the nine flagship technological solutions needed to achieve the modernisation and digitalisation of […]

UAM infrastructure

Wisk and Skyports publish joint CONOPS for autonomous UAM vertiport operations

Wisk Aero and Skyports have jointly released a Concept of Operations (ConOps) which identifies how autonomous eVTOL aircraft and operators will integrate with vertiports, including interactions with Providers of Services for UAM (PSUs). The two companies are […]

UAM infrastructure

MySkaut, Giancarlo Zema partner to develop “vertiport/vertistop secure drone nesting structures”

Formenton Security Group and XtraMedium Communications, through their MySkaut venture company, has partnered with the Giancarlo Zema Design Group to combine security guard intervention and innovative aerial robotic safety systems with logistics structures such as […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Korean Air joins urban air mobility research and development led by transportation ministry

Korea’s national flag carrier Korean Air has announced that it is taking part in a government-led research and development project of an urban air mobility surveillance information acquisition system, says a report published by The Korea Herald: […]

Public consultation

ADW 2020: Pan-European Urban Air Mobility Projects & Initiatives Community launched

European-Union funded urban air mobility (UAM) research programmes and supporting partners have formed a new alliance to support the European Commission by bringing together local, national and EU-funded projects, along with initiatives and regulatory bodies […]