Numerous press reports say the city of San Diego and the US Marine Corps have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on “Smart
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Category: Urban air mobility
Airbus opens UAM research centre in Shenzhen
Airbus has inaugurated its Innovation Centre in China at an official opening ceremony in Shenzhen, China. According to a press statement: “Airbus China Innovation Centre
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“23,000 urban passenger-carrying drones by 2035” – new forecast by Porsche Consulting
According to a new study on urban air mobility by Porsche Consulting: “We expect electric passenger drones…to start providing commercial mobility services in 2025…Within one
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NASA chooses NIAS Reno as urban UTM TCL4 test site
On 15 February 2019, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) publicly announced the State of Nevada as an award recipient for the Unmanned Aircraft
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Frankfurt Airport, Volocopter to research drone air taxi connection concepts
Fraport AG and Volocopter GmbH report they are developing concepts for ground infrastructure and operations required for air taxi services at airports. “This cooperation focuses
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“First London apartment block with drone delivery landing site to open in June 2019”
Dezeen Magazine reports that a housing block designed by architects Farrells, currently under construction in west London, is aiming to be the first housing in the city to accept
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“Urban citizens more welcoming of UAM than rural communities” – new Airbus UTM study
In a new report “An Assessment of Public Perception of Urban Air Mobility (UAM)” Airbus UTM has concluded that “communities are most concerned about safety
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Eurometropolis cities of Lille, Kortrijk and Tournai join EIP-ECC urban air mobility programme
The Marketplace of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC) has announced on Linkedin that the Eurometropolis cities of Lille, Kortrijk and
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Boeing announces first flight of its personal autonomous air vehicle
Boeing has announced it completed the first test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype in Manassas, Virginia on 22 January. Boeing NeXt, which
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Swiss Railways “signs MoU with Lilium to develop air taxi services at stations”
Numerous press reports say Swiss Railways, or Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB) is in talks with electric air taxi manufacturer Lilium GmbH to develop air taxis to transport
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