Hidden Level, a venture-backed company specializing in low altitude airspace monitoring, announced today a collaboration with Uber Elevate. According to a company press release: “Together
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Category: Urban air mobility
First CityAirbus UAM demonstrator public flight takes off in Bavaria, Germany
The first public flight of Airbus’ CityAirbus four-seat all-electric multicopter demonstrator took place at the company’s Donauwörth, Bavaria, Germany, flight test facility on July 20,
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Urban weather stations in Japan to provide real-time data for drone flights
A collaboration between NTT Communications and Kyoto University’s Metroweather plans to acquire wind speed and wind direction data in urban areas so that drones can
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New inertial navigation system for autonomous vehicles available from Honeywell
Honeywell has introduced a new inertial navigation system called HGuide n380 that communicates position, orientation and velocity of an object — such as an unmanned
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Vertiport Alliance Africa to deploy UAM system
Members of Vertiport Alliance Africa (VAA) have agreed to support Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in South Africa, according to a
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Hanwha Systems partners with airport operator in new UAM project
Defence contractor Hanwha Systems has partnered with Korea Airport Corporation (KAC) to develop air taxis, and the ensuing infrastructure and services to form a consultative
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Most Germans “oppose the use of delivery drones and air taxis”
Results of a representative survey on attitudes and personal usage intentions regarding delivery drones and air taxis among the German population show that most of
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US releases initial Urban Air Mobility ConOps, inspired by UTM operations
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released an initial Concept of Operations (ConOps) for Urban Air Mobility. The 30-page document describes how urban air
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Honeywell “starts in-flight testing of UAM auto-land system”
Honeywell has announced it has begun in-flight testing of sensors that will guide urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles to land without pilot intervention. According to
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Honeywell announces formation of new UAM business unit
Honeywell reports it has formed a new business unit dedicated to the growing Unmanned Aerial Systems and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industries. The Unmanned Aerial
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