At a Seoul airport, South Korea’s transportation ministry demonstrated its future-generation flying urban transportation system. Continue reading
Category Archives: Urban Air Mobility
Altitude Angel Joins Hyundai Motor Group’s Airspace Management Consortium
The Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has announced that Altitude Angel, a global UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider, has joined its Airspace Management Consortium in effort to co-develop and advance the air mobility operating environment. Continue reading
D3 Technologies Rebrands as Skyroads and Announces First Demo Flight
D3 Technologies AG is now operating under the new name Skyroads. The UAM startup also announces the successful flight demonstration of its prototype Traffic Management System (UTM System) in Tannheim (southern Germany) and draws a positive overall summary of its first two years in business. Continue reading
EHang and Spanish National Police to Collaborate on Emergency and Security Missions
(left to right): The Spain’s Interior Former Councilor in China Emilio Prieto Andrés, the Chief Commissioner of the Air Vehicles Unit of Spanish National Police, the Head of the Drones and Tactical Systems section of Spanish National Police, the CEO and Sales Director of EHang Spain & LATAM
EHang Holdings Limited announced that it will collaborate with the Spanish National Police to explore potential use cases for AAVs in emergency and security missions. Continue reading
Skyports gets Light UAS Operator Certificate in Ireland
Skyports, an operator of cargo drone deliveries and advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure, has obtained a Light UAS Operator Certificate from the Irish Aviation Authority, permitting the self-authorisation of Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone flights. This is the first such certificate issued by an EU regulator. Continue reading
Airbus Reveals Next Generation of CityAirbus
Airbus has announced plans for a new CityAirbus at the Company’s first #AirbusSummit on “Pioneering Sustainable Aerospace” as the emerging Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market begins to firm up. Continue reading
Bristow Orders up to 100 Eve eVTOLs
Eve Urban Air Mobility, LLC, an Embraer company, and Bristow Group Inc., a global supplier of vertical flight solutions, announced a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to develop an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) for Eve’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Continue reading
Joby and NASA Collaborate to Measure Noise Footprints
Joby’s full-scale, all-electric prototype preparing for flight above the company’s Electric Flight Base in California
Joby’s electric air taxi, which has recently swept the market through multiple large fundraising rounds, a successful IPO, and an acquisition of Uber Elevate amongst others, has now announced that they have become the first company to fly an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft as part of NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. Continue reading