Volocopter, Atlantia, Aeroporti di Roma, the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) and ENAV, Italy’s air navigation service provider have announced a partnership to bring urban
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Category: Urban air mobility
WATMC 2021: Frequentis, Unmanned Experts join NASA AAM project
Frequentis, a global control centre communication provider, and Unmanned Experts, an autonomous robotics specialist, are joining the NASA Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project. The mission
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University of Zurich uses AI to train drones to avoid obstacles while flying at speed
A team from the University of Zurich has trained an artificial intelligence system to fly a drone in a virtual environment full of obstacles according
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Thai government supports expansion of drone medical deliveries by Thailand Post
Thailand has started testing medical deliveries to people in remote areas under a new project called Delivers Wellness, according to a report by Bangkok Post.
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New EASA video sets out vertical take-off profiles for VTOL vehicles in an urban setting
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released a video presentation on “VTOL trajectories, their influence on vertiports and the resulting impact on Urban Air
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SwissDrones and Malta regulatory authorities conclude BVLOS flight tests, support AAM operations
SwissDrones has successfully completed a series of test Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) test flights over Malta. The drone operator collaborated with Transport Malta
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Groningen Airport announces plans to commence air taxi services from 2026
The Dutch airport of Groningen will become Electron Aviation’s first operational airport to use electric air taxis. The air taxi service will use 100% electric
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SESAR GOF2.0 completes virtual flight test in Austrian airspace, integrates manned and unmanned aircraft
The SESAR GOF2.0 Integrated Urban Airspace validation project successfully completed a virtual flight test in Austrian airspace to show real-time information exchange between drone operators
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UK CAA seeks comments following publication of key considerations on urban air mobility
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published an executive summary about the regulatory challenges facing urban air mobility. The findings of CAP2272 are based on
Read moreSESAR BUBBLES workshop to present validation results to update separation management concept
A second BUBBLES workshop is due to take place as a virtual event on 25 November 2021, 9.00 to 13.00 CET. BUBBLES is an Exploratory
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