Representatives from global standards organizations the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) and the US standards agency ASTM International have signed a memorandum of
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Category: Urban air mobility
Skyportz launches crowd-funding scheme to finance Melbourne air taxi infrastructure
Australian urban air mobility infrastructure provider Skyportz has announced it is working with US company Electra Aero to investigate bringing hybrid-electric aircraft to Victoria, Australia.
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Future Flight Challenge flight trials at Cardiff Airport demonstrate accurate wind measurement in complex environments
As part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded Future Flight Challenge, the SafeZone project reports completion of a series of flight trials at
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India’s Ministry of civil aviation publishes liberalised Drone Rules 2021, replaces existing more restrictive rules
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has replaced existing rules applying to Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) with new liberalised Drone Rules 2021. The previous rules
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ANRA launches SmartSkies SORA risk assessment tool for drone operations in the EASA ‘specific’ category
U-space service provider ANRA has launched SmartSkies SORA, a fully integrated specified operations risk assessment capability that enables pilots to perform a risk assessment for
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Varon Vehicles announces collaboration with D3 Technologies as traffic management system partner
Varon Vehicles and D3 Technologies have signed an MoU stating that D3 Technologies will be a partner in Varon Vehicles’ ecosystem paving the way to
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UK accelerator programme invites partners to Future of Air Mobility challenge
UK research incubator Connected Places Catapult is looking for a variety of partners who can provide access to testing facilities and data feeds to enable
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First test flights for the SESAR GOF 2.0 demonstration project to start within weeks in Estonia
The SESAR Very Large Demonstration project GOF 2.0 has announced the first wave of trials will start this Autumn. The first test flights will take place
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Drone services among start-ups funded by Sharjah’s advanced industry accelerator
Sharjah’s Advanced Industry Accelerator 2.0 (SAIA) has drawn more than 750 individual and company start-ups from around the world, including drones, according to a report
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uAvionics receives FAA approval to roll-out SkyLine command and control radios at locations in US and Canada
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has authorised uAvionix to test its new skyLink Command and Control (C2) radios on the aviation-protected C-band frequencies and has
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