By David Gleave Setting the target level of safety for unmanned operations has been causing difficulties across the industry for a while. This article seeks
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
“Trials of the EHang 216 to start soon in Linz, Austria”
EHang Holdings Limited has announced it expects UAM trials of its EHang 216 to start soon in Linz, Austria, According to a press release: “At
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PrecisionHawk awarded patents for UTM collision avoidance technologies
PrecisionHawk, a US company specialising in geospatial data acquisition and analysis for enterprises, has announced it has been awarded two patents for technologies it has
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SqwaQ develops LTE comms module “which obviates need for UTM restrictions”
SqwaQ Inc, based at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA, has announced it has “successfully demonstrated its patented airborne LTE drone communications technology for
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Hyundai and Urban-Air Port to invest USD1.5 billion in UK UAM infrastructure
Hyundai Air Mobility and Urban-Air Port Ltd have announced a partnership to develop urban air mobility (UAM) infrastructure. Hyundai’s investment of USD1.5 billion in UAM
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“Industrial applications and defence are currently the main focus areas for us” – Ben Marcus
Ben Marcus is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at UP Partners and Chairman of UTM service provider AirMap The last few months have seen a huge
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Unisphere and Meteomatics link to provide UTM/weather services to drones and air taxis
Flight management software company Unisphere, and weather data expert Meteomatics have signed a cooperation agreement to improve the safety and efficiency of flight operations with
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Leon van de Pas succeeds Marc Kegelaers as CEO of Unifly
Leon van de Pas has been appointed CEO of Unifly. He succeeds Marc Kegelaers in this role. Leon van de Pas has worked in both
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New Unmanned Airspace survey highlights US domination of the global C-UAS sector
The latest update to the Unmanned Airspace directory of counter-UAS technology (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Counter-UAS-directory.-July-2020.pdf) shows the growing dominance of US industry in this sector – especially in
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AirMap CEO David Hose leaves the company as search starts for a replacement
US-based UTM service supplier AirMap has announced that CEO David Hose is leaving the company and a search has begun for a replacement. According to
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