Category Archives: Urban Air Mobility

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

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

MetroWeather Supports TruWeather Solutions’ NASA SBIR Contract

Metro Weather Co., Ltd. , a Kyoto-based company providing high-precision information on wind conditions using compact, high-performance Doppler Lidar*, and TruWeather Solutions, Inc., a  micro weather data and analytics company, have announced a collaborative contract to support “Urban Weather Sensing Infrastructure”, TruWeather’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with NASA. Continue reading