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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 […]

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Embry-Riddle researching hyperlocal weather-prediction tools for urban drone deliveries

Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the USA are proving the viability of the hyperlocal weather-prediction tools needed to fly autonomous systems in populated areas by flying small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) along simulated delivery […]

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Japan’s UAS association joins Canada’s advanced air mobility consortium to strength international collaboration

The Japan Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Industrial Development Association (JUIDA) has become a member of the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM). “The global insight of JUIDA as our newest addition to the CAAM ecosystem […]

UAM infrastructure

“Europe will need one vertiport/drone landing site per 3,000 urban residents by 2036” -DACUS report

The Demand and Capacity Optimisation for U-space programme (DACUS project) has published its Concept of Operations for “Demand and Capacity Balancing” (DCB) for drones within an urban environment. As part of its studies, the DACUS […]

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FAA, NASA and UAS industry leaders meet with NUAIR to discuss vertiport technology and self-flying aircraft in cities

Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) is laying the groundwork to further develop NASA’s advanced air mobility (AAM) efforts. NUAIR manages the USD897,000 task order for AAM and vertiport development on behalf of the […]