Air taxis and personal transports

Toyota establishes USD800 million investment fund Woven Capital for air mobility

Toyota has established an USD800 million global investment fund to support “growth-stage companies developing technologies and business models in areas including autonomous mobility, automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data and analytics, connectivity and smart cities,” […]

Research

Rolls-Royce finalises ground-testing of technology set to power “the world’s fastest all-electric plane”

Rolls-Royce has finalised trialling its ground-breaking technology that will power “the world’s fastest all-electric plane”, reports a company press release this week. The technology has been tested on a full-scale replica of the plane’s core, […]

First responders

COVID-19: Australia beaches to be patrolled by drones all summer to ensure social distancing with BIG fines for lawbreakers

Drones are being deployed to monitor social distancing and crowd numbers at some of New South Wales most popular beaches during their summer, reports dailymailaustralia.com. Hefty new fines have been announced for gatherings of over 20 […]

Express delivery

Amazon developing flight simulators to assist its autonomous drones “avoid crashes or getting lost”

Amazon has filed a patent for teaching its autonomous drones about flight speed, lift-off, rolls and landings, reports standard.co.uk. Aviation-style flight simulators are being developed by the e-commerce company to programme its autonomous delivery drones better navigate drop-offs […]