Drone Delivery Canada Corp and Volatus Aerospace Corp have announced that they have entered into a business combination agreement to combine the companies in a merger
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
“Efficient route planning key to urban airspace management planning” – SIAM cluster
Efficient routes that minimize environmental impact and improve urban mobility are one of the core requirements of an integrated urban air mobility traffic management system,
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Multi constellation GNSS signals will be needed for UAM services – new EU research
Urban environments significantly impact satellite availability; using multi-constellation (GPS and Galileo) was shown to improve both availability and dilution of precision (DOP) in such degraded
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HighLander launches 3D version of Vega UTM for complex, urban airspace flight planning
HighLander reports that its Vega UTM airspace planning and management tool now comes in three dimensions, “providing immersive visualization for better understanding of complex airspaces,”
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Malaga airport “to trial Lilium flights to Marbella and Granada, starting in 2025”
The SurinEnglish news website reports that Malaga airport will start test flights with Lilium eVTOLs in 2025. Air navigation service provider ENAIRE and Crida, its R+D
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Qatari Ministry of Transport to start eVTOL trials next year
The Qatar Ministry of Transport has announced it plans test the services of the electric air taxi and electric delivery aircraft in early 2025. According
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“Work starts on vertiport construction in China to support first EHang eVTOL services”
China’s NetEase news website reports that following the agreements between eVTOL manufacturer EHang and the municipal governments of Hefei, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, work has begun
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Skyports Infrastructure and GCAA partner to enable eVTOL, helicopter joint operations
Skyports Infrastructure has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to collaborate on the enablement of hybrid operations of eVTOL and
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Zeal OTM launches AirScout Sentry – AI, integrated multi-sensor C-UAS platform
Florida based Zeal OTM has announced the launch of its AirScout Sentry, an EO/IR-based system powered by AI-driven software, designed for optical detection, acquisition, classification,
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European Commission announces funding for the EUR 71 million E-CUAS programme
The EUR 71 million E-CUAS programme has been announced as one of the successful programmes to receive funding from the European Commission as part of
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