The European Commission has launched a consultation – starting on 8 October and concluding on 31 December 2021 – to support the development “A Drone
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Category: Urban air mobility
Dutch partnership to establish country’s second DronePort at Den Helder Airport
Following the example of the Eemshaven in Groningen, Den Helder has announced plans to establish its own DronePort. The new drone airport is an initiative
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Drone parachute market predicted to grow from USD5.4 million to USD62 million by 2026 – says new report
A new Drone Parachute Report published by Drone Industry Insights finds the drone parachute market will generate USD5.4 million in 2021 and grow at a
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UK trial tests drone postal deliveries to remote communities as part of Future Flight Challenge
The UK Royal Mail has started a trial of scheduled, autonomous flights for two weeks between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay (both in the Orkney Islands)
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India’s Medicine from the sky project enables start of medical deliveries in Manipur
India’s Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has launched Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) Drone Response and Outreach initiative in North East (i-Drone) in Manipur, in
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Everdrone completes first cross-border defibrillator drone delivery between Sweden and Finland
Urban drone specialist Everdrone AB successfully performed a demonstration together with Forum Virium Helsinki where – for the first time ever – a drone delivering
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Ripper partners with Advanced Navigation to simultaneously fly multiple drones over 4G/5G
Ripper Corporation has combined forces with fellow Australian company, Advanced Navigation, to deliver Cloud Ground Control, a new cloud platform that can control up to
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UK CAA anticipates eVTOL services within five years, sets up international consortium
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has established an international consortium of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) industry leaders and aviation experts. The group,
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Arlington, Texas, city officials monitor drones with Hidden Level airspace surveillance service
Airspace monitoring company Hidden Level is bringing its Airspace Monitoring Service (AMS) to Arlington, Texas. Working with city officials as part of its Smart City
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FedEx, FMCI, Skyports launch trial BVLOS delivery services in western Ireland in controlled airspace
FedEx subsidiary FedEx Express reports completion of its first scheduled drone last-mile delivery flight in Ireland in a partnership with Future Mobility Campus Ireland (FMCI)
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