Kista Science City AB and IQ Samhällsbyggnad have received the green light from Vinnova to conduct a feasibility study for an open testbed – the
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Category: Urban air mobility
Project Wing buys warehouse, starts drone delivery operation in Canberra
Project Wing, which is trialling drone deliveries of food and chemist supplies in Tuggeranong, Australia, has secured a warehouse in Mitchell, Canberra, as a full-time
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NASA to use NextNav beacons for urban drone autonomous navigation trials
NextNav, a provider of 3D geolocation services, has announced that its Metropolitan Beacon System (MBS) service has been accepted for use by National Aeronautics and Space
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NASA urban air mobility studies point to USD500 billion market but large regulatory hurdles
NASA has unveiled the results of two high level studies – carried out by Crown Consulting Inc and Booz Allen Hamilton – looking into the
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NASA outlines UAM maturity roadmap, competitive vehicle design performance at Grand Challenge industry days
On 1-2 November 2018 NASA’s urban air mobility (UAM) vision and research roadmap were given a public airing at the NASA Urban Air Mobility Grand
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First responders start drone operations in Chula Vista, California
The Federal Aviation Administration, City of Chula Vista, City of San Diego, San Diego Regional EDC and Cape have announced the launch of a test
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senseFly and IN-FLIGHT Data complete BVLOS urban surveillance mission in Calgary
Canadian commercial drone operator IN-FLIGHT Data and senseFly, a provider of fixed-wing drone solutions, have completed North America’s first urban BVLOS UAS (drone) project in
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Northern Hesse cities join the Urban Air Mobility network
At the start of October a Manifesto of Intent was signed in Wiesbaden, Germany, for Northern Hesse to join the “Urban Air Mobility” (UAM) Initiative of
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Canada’s Calgary opens autonomous drone testing area
On 19 October Calgary opened its Point Trotter Autonomous Systems Testing Area (Point Trotter ASTA), provide Calgary businesses, industry and researchers with a low cost
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Volocopter to test air taxis in Singapore in 2019
Air taxi manufacturer Volocopter has announced it will perform a series of flight tests in Singapore in the second half of 2019. “The series of
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