R-SYS of Slovakia has introduced a flight planning information system for drones called MamDron to provide drone pilots with access to data necessary to plan
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Category: Urban air mobility
UK Urban Air Mobility group reports “promising CONOPS progress” – next step ATM,
Early results from developing and testing a UK urban air mobility (UAM) concept of operations (CONOPS) are promising, according to the UK Air Mobility Consortium.
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Belgium’s skeyes SkeyDrone and DronePort partner to support development of UTM services
Belgian air navigation service provider unmanned traffic management (UTM) arm skeyes SkeyDrone has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the aviation campus DronePort, located
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Spain awards Indra EUR1.3m contract to develop automated UTM platform in partnership with Airbus and Unifly
Spanish air navigation service provider ENAIRE has selected Indra in a contract worth EUR 1.349 million to develop an automated and digital U-space done management
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EUROCAE and ASTM International sign memorandum of understanding and align UTM, eVTOL areas of common interest
Representatives from global standards organizations the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) and the US standards agency ASTM International have signed a memorandum of
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Skyportz launches crowd-funding scheme to finance Melbourne air taxi infrastructure
Australian urban air mobility infrastructure provider Skyportz has announced it is working with US company Electra Aero to investigate bringing hybrid-electric aircraft to Victoria, Australia.
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Future Flight Challenge flight trials at Cardiff Airport demonstrate accurate wind measurement in complex environments
As part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded Future Flight Challenge, the SafeZone project reports completion of a series of flight trials at
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India’s Ministry of civil aviation publishes liberalised Drone Rules 2021, replaces existing more restrictive rules
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has replaced existing rules applying to Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) with new liberalised Drone Rules 2021. The previous rules
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ANRA launches SmartSkies SORA risk assessment tool for drone operations in the EASA ‘specific’ category
U-space service provider ANRA has launched SmartSkies SORA, a fully integrated specified operations risk assessment capability that enables pilots to perform a risk assessment for
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Varon Vehicles announces collaboration with D3 Technologies as traffic management system partner
Varon Vehicles and D3 Technologies have signed an MoU stating that D3 Technologies will be a partner in Varon Vehicles’ ecosystem paving the way to
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