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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Category: Urban air mobility
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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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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LYNEports launches airspace/ground vertiport integration planning tool
LYNEports has announced the launch of its advanced air mobility planning solution that enables ground and airspace integration of eVTOLs and drones. According to the
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Georgia DOT publishes Blueprint for AAM, plans to licence vertiports
The US state of Georgia has published its Blueprint for AAM, which provides “actionable initiatives that can be used to integrate AAM into Georgia’s transportation system.
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All of Norway to become an international test centre for zero-low emission aircraft
Avinor and the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority have entered into a cooperation agreement on the establishment of Norway as an international test arena for zero-
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Terra Drone, Unifly and Aloft partner to develop AAM UTM capabilities
Japan’s Terra Drone Corporation has announced the launch of joint development with its Group companies Unifly NV and Aloft Technologies Inc to develop UAS traffic
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Vertical Flight Society eVTOL concept listing now reaches 1,000 designs
The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) announced today that the number of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft concepts being tracked in its World eVTOL
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