In a bid to realise the future of autonomous airborne delivery, flight system and Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) specialist Airways is taking part in a two-year
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Category: Urban air mobility
The toughest obstacles to introducing urban air mobility and how to overcome them
While it is clear there are no shortage of obstacles to the successful introduction of drone and passenger-carrying urban air mobility services (UAM) in cities
Read moreSpain plans to deploy basic U-space services in 2022 and launch of UTM in 2023
In anticipation of new European drone rules, approved in 2020 and due to come into effect in 2023, Spanish air navigation service provider ENAIRE says
Read moreSkeyes to demonstrate integrated solution to protect against unauthorised drones at Brussels Airport in late March
Belgium air navigation service provider skeyes is planning ‘a major demonstration of an integrated solution at Brussels Airport using cooperative and non-cooperative drone detection products
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FUAVE establishes UAS test area in Oulu, the first of several across Finland to promote drone research and business activities
The Finnish unmanned aerial systems (UAS) research consortium called FUAVE is establishing a large UAS test area in Oulu with the aim of accelerating and
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SESAR research partners launch TindAIR programme to demonstrate strategic and tactical conflict detection and resolution
A new SESAR research programme called TindAIR plans very large scale (VLD) demonstrations with a focus on strategic deconfliction. The TindAIR (Tactical INstrumental Deconfliction And
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“Europe will need one vertiport/drone landing site per 3,000 urban residents by 2036” -DACUS report
The Demand and Capacity Optimisation for U-space programme (DACUS project) has published its Concept of Operations for “Demand and Capacity Balancing” (DCB) for drones within
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Transport Canada publishes five-year strategy for safe integration of drone operations into Canadian skies
Transport Canada has published its vision for safe and secure integration of drone operations into Canadian skies as part of a modern national civil aviation
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FAA, NASA and UAS industry leaders meet with NUAIR to discuss vertiport technology and self-flying aircraft in cities
Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) is laying the groundwork to further develop NASA’s advanced air mobility (AAM) efforts. NUAIR manages the USD897,000 task
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Kenyan Parliament ratifies new charging structure to own and operate drones
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has received the go-ahead to implement a new charging structure to own and operate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) from
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