Results from test flights of drones in the urban environments of Reno, Nevada and Corpus Christi, Texas, are being examined by NASA before being sent
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Category: UTM
Terra Drone UTM system supports downtown Tokyo drone test flight
Japan’s Terra Drone in collaboration with real estate company Mitsubishi Estate, has conducted a test flight in the city of Tokyo to showcase how drones
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Helsinki airport Volocopter demonstrator flight shows viability of UTM technology for complex, congested airspace
The world’s first electric air taxi flight managed by a UTM system integrated with the country’s air traffic management (ATM) system, with multiple UTM service
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“Urban air mobility will pose multiple U-Space challenges” – Third U-Space Demonstrator Network meeting
Early results from on-going European U-Space demonstrator programmes suggest that when considering the application of UAS traffic management systems to urban air mobility (UAM) applications
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Raytheon and AirMap to collaborate on integrating drones within national airspace system
Raytheon Company has signed a strategic agreement with AirMap to collaborate on future projects to safely integrate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the national airspace
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Monaco to introduce UTM system on 17 June
On 3 June, the Directorate of Civil Aviation and AirSpace Drones presented a preview in Monaco of the FlySafe UTM programme. From June 17 the system
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EmbraerX launches blueprint for urban air mobility traffic management system
Brazil’s EmbraerX has launched its concept for an urban air mobility UTM system. Flight Plan 2030 describes a Urban ATM solution that will enable the
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Urban UTM trials start in Hamburg to test flight planning, monitoring and detect-and-avoid
Drone manufacturer DJI reports that in April 2019 German researchers successfully tested an Unmanned Air Traffic Management system that coordinated two drone flights in the area
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NASA starts public demonstrations of urban UTM system
NASA is conducting field demonstrations of small drones navigating urban landscapes in Reno, Nevada, and Corpus Christi, Texas, May through August 2019. These demonstrations will complete
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JARUS issues SORA for BVLOS drone flights over sparsely populated areas
The Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS) has announced the publication of the first Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) Standard Scenario for Aerial
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