by Michael Willoughby Airbus and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enable urban air mobility (UAM)
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Category: Urban air mobility
Dubai makes progress in meeting 2022 target for commercial electric air taxi operations
Dubai is targeting 2022 for its first commercial electric air taxi operations. According to Professor Amair Saleem of the Dubai Road and Transport Authority (RTA)
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Autonomous air taxi flight trials take off in New Zealand
The New Zealand Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with urban air mobility company Wisk (https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/boeing-and-kittyhawk-launch-wisk-company-to-develop-the-cora-air-taxi/) to support a transport trial of the company’s
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SESAR seeks proposals to demonstrate urban air mobility in open call backed by Horizon 2020 funding
The SESAR Joint Undertaking invites applicants to research “U-space capabilities and services to enable urban air mobility” in its latest open call for very-large scale
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NASA issues call for industry to participate in UAM eco system working groups
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) is seeking public, private, and academic organizations to collaborate with NASA in Urban
Read moreSwiss Post and Matternet to resume drone healthcare deliveries following official review
Eight months after halting drone deliveries of healthcare consignments, Swiss Post is set to resume operations at the end of January 2020, according to a
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Japan Airlines and Terra Drone to test delivery of emergency goods by drone in joint project with Yabu City
Japan Airlines (JAL) and Yabu City have agreed to verify the feasibility of using UAV technology to transport emergency goods to unpopulated areas in Japan
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How do you put out a vertiport fire? One of the many unanswered questions facing UAM infrastructure developers
By Michael Willoughby China’s autonomous air taxi company EHang at the start of December 2019 announced its strategic partnership with property developer Heli Chuangxin Real
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EHang demonstrates autonomous air taxi flight in North Carolina
EHang on 8 January 2020 conducted its first-ever U.S. trial flight of its two-seat passenger autonomous air vehicle (AAV), the EHang 216, as part of the
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DRONEDEK to unveil next-generation drone docking station/smart mailbox at CES 2020
DRONEDEK, LLC, is set to unveil its second-generation drone docking prototype at the CES Show January 7-10, Las Vegas, NV. DRONEDEK’s vision is to develop
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