Swedish helicopter operator Savback Helicopters and Dufour Aerospace, the Swiss pioneer in hybrid-electrical tiltwing aircraft, have announced a commercial partnership aimed at establishing a premier
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Category: Urban air mobility
“USD68 million funding for hybrid remote ID, cutting AAM red tape” – UK government
The UK government today announced almost UKP50 million (USD68 million) investment in the drone and wider advanced air mobility sectors. Part of the investment will
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Electric aircraft can be integrated with other aircraft but will require “e-route” planning – Avinor
Norway’s air navigation service provider Avinor and its project partners are discussing the next steps of introducing electric aircraft services in the country, following the
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“Joby completes first point-to-point eVTOL air taxi trial flights in New York City”
Joby Aviation today announced “the completion of the first-ever point-to-point electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi demonstration flights in New York City’s history”,
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India’s Jio-bp and VJaitra to launch nationwide network of eVTOL charging stations
India’s Jio-bp and VJaitra Air Mobility have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a nationwide charging infrastructure ecosystem over next-generation vertiports
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Florida’s Ron DeSantis signs bill to state-fund vertiport developments
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation on April 20 (HB 1093) to allow the Florida Department of Transportation to fund a network of public vertiports
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Bristow, Electra, Avinor, Norwegian CAA to trial regional electric-aircraft services
Bristow Group Inc., Electra, Avinor, and the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority today announced the launch and contract signing of a second international test project for
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Boeing Spain launches VARIANT air traffic management system for autonomous aircraft
Boeing Aerospace Spain (BAS) has announced the VARIANT project — Validation of AiRspace Integration Applications and New Technologies — “a strategic research initiative to enable the
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NAV CANADA study predicts twenty-fold growth in drone and AAM operations by 2045
A new study commissioned by NAV CANADA forecasts that drones and other advanced air vehicles could add up to 120 billion dollars a year to
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Joby and ASI partner to integrate eVTOLs into the US National Airspace System
Joby Aviation and Air Space Intelligence (ASI) have announced a partnership to accelerate the integration of advanced air mobility (AAM) into the U.S. National Airspace
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