Emerging regulations

India’s DGAC takes first steps to urban air mobility with request for industry BVLOS partners

India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has invited Express of Interest (EOI) from consortia of experts for conducting experimental beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) in India, leading […]

Ilium air taxi
Air taxis and personal transports

Lilium completes maiden flight of five-seat air taxi

Lilium, the Munich-based startup developing an on- demand air taxi service, today revealed its new five-seater air taxi prototype for the first time. The unveiling of the new Lilium Jet came as the all-electric aircraft […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Astro Aerospace “joins NASA’s urban air mobility Grand Challenge industry team”

Helicopter Investor reports that autonomous eVTOL manufacturer Astro Aerospace has been selected as NASA’s newest urban air mobility partner. “Astro will join more than 400 other private and public companies in NASA’s Urban Air Mobility […]

Inspection and surveillance

“More than 20 UK local authorities now using drones” – press reports

Coverdrone (www.coverdrone.com) reports that according to research by the UK’s Daily Telegraph newspaper more than twenty UK local authories have been granted approval by the Civil Aviation Authority to use drones for commercial purposes. “Councils can utilise […]