Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), a Raytheon Technologies business, announced a new collaboration with SkyGrid, a Boeing, SparkCognition company. As part of a long-term strategic
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Category: Urban air mobility
ICCAIA global advisory group will ensure harmonised regulatory framework, ICCAIA tells ICAO meeting
By Jenny Beechener “We envision an advisory group under ICCAIA to provide a consolidated view in support of ICAO’s mission to ensure a regulatory framework
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Volocopter commits to launch air taxi services in Singapore
Germany Urban Air Mobility (UAM) company Volocopter has announced its commitment to launch air taxi services in Singapore after two years of close collaboration with
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D3 Technologies plans pilot urban air mobility platform in 2021 following seed funding announcement
Munich-based Urban Air Mobility (UAM) start-up D3 Technologies has announced the completion of its seed II funding round. Mobility players such as Vector Venture Capital
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Amsterdam Drone Week Asia Pacific leads air taxi development but “unmanned air vehicles need to be safer”
Asia’s ability to make things happen to a timetable stems from close coordination at government level, said Duncan Walker CEO of Skyports, “It sounds simple,
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EUROCAE and Global UTM Association (GUTMA) sign Memorandum of Understanding
The Global UTM Association (GUTMA) and EUROCAE have come together to support one another in creating a greater contribution to the development and promotion of
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India’s knowledge-sharing Flying Labs Network to discuss draft UTM policy document
India’s Flying Labs Network is due to meet on 5 December 2020 to discuss the policy document released by India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation last
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Amsterdam Drone Week: A city manifesto but who will manage the airspace above cities?
Fourteen European cities and regions, members of the UAM Initiative Cities Community (UIC2), presented their ‘Manifesto on the Multilevel Governance of the Urban Sky’, https://www.amsterdamdroneweek.com/manifesto
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Naviair UTM receives DKK25 million to develop drone infrastructure in Denmark
Danish air navigation service provider Naviair reports DKK25 million government funding to finance the development of an air traffic management platform for beyond visual line
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NASA funds research into hyperlocal weather prediction to support localised small drone operations
NASA is helping to fund research underway by Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and Intelligent Automation into localised weather forecasting needed for drone operations such as
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