The US National Aeronautical and Space Administration has released a concept of operations for high density vertiport operations. The publication provides a guide for future technology
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Category: Vertiports
Ireland: First passenger and cargo vertiport to be constructed by 2022
By Chris Stonor Skyports, Future Mobility Campus Ireland, Avtrain and Shannon Group are collaborating to establish Ireland’s first passenger and cargo vertiport to be constructed
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“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
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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
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EHang and Giancarlo Zema Design collaborate to construct “first eco-sustainable vertiport”
By Chris Stonor EHang announced last week its collaboration with Italian architecture firm, Giancarlo Zema Design Group (GZDG), to create the “world’s first fully eco-sustainable
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Lilium and Ferrovial to partner on “10 or more vertiports in U.S.”
By Chris Stonor Lilium, the eVTOL air taxi jet company service, and Ferrovial, a global infrastructure operator, have signed a framework agreement to develop a
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Lilium in partnership with Tavistock to build first U.S. vertiport in Orlando
By Chris Stonor Following on from yesterday’s breaking news that Munich-based Lilium, an eVTOL jet aircraft manufacturer, will open its first U.S. vertiport at Orlando’s
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We need to re-think air taxis and vertiports
Companies are beginning to ask questions about the viability of Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) VTOL aircraft, says Thomas Melcher of https://www.sky-boom.com/ Sabastian Thrun, Larry Page’s
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Lilium designs its own “smaller, smarter and safer Vertiport”
Lilium aims to design vertiports for its vehicles which are smaller, smarter and safer than other designs and that deliver a scalable, high-speed regional transportation
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“ISO to develop standards for small cargo drones vertiports” – EuroUSC-Italia
On 27 April 2020, ISO Technical Committee TC/20 (Aerospace) approved the launch of the New Work Item (NWI) 5015-2 to develop an international standard on
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