2021 – Page 3

Eve partners with Sydney Seaplanes to introduce electric air taxi operations in the city

December 7, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Following on from its earlier announcement of collaboration with Nautilus (https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/eve-nautilus-collaborate-to-develop-uam-operations-in-australia-up-to-10-evtols-ordered/) Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions (Eve) has announced a new partnership with Sydney Seaplanes for electric air taxi operations in Greater Sydney. “With the […]

Flight Corp launches new service to allow ANSPs create digital twins of urban airspace

December 6, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

The Flight Corp has announced a teaming arrangement with Unity, which builds and operates interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) environments, to create digital airspace twins to help air navigation service providers (ANSPs) and airspace stakeholders simulate […]

Wingcopter “receives funding from Japan’s Drone Fund”

December 6, 2021 Chris Stonor Comments Off

German Wingcopter received an investment from Japan’s Drone Fund 111 last week, reports freightwaves.com. This marks the first time the venture capital company has invested in the drone/eVTOL industry. The amount is undisclosed. Drone Fund […]

Ohio Advanced Air Mobility Showcase demonstrates US capabilities in UAM/AAM

November 11, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Springfield-Beckley Airport in Ohio, USA, on November 11 became the centre-piece of advanced air mobility demonstrations with the first public flights of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in the state. “The partnerships that […]

Uspace4UAM consortium starts demonstration flights to test several UAM applications

November 11, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Dronehub has started the test flights performing the safe integration of Urban Air Mobility in the European airspace as part of the SESAR very large demonstration research project Uspace4UAM. The flights cover different use cases, […]

Japanese pilot project tests UTM environment, complies with existing regulations

November 10, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Japan’s pilot project in Wakkanai City, Hokkaido prefecture to test Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) services was completed successfully according to a press release by NEC. Several leading Japanese technology firms, including Bird Initiative, ANA Holdings, […]

Altitude Angel joins Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group consortium to co-develop AAM

November 9, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Unified Traffic Management (UTM) company Altitude Angel has joined the Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group in an effort to co-develop and advance the air mobility operating environment. Hyundai Motor Group launched the […]

New integrated ATM/U-space services and capabilities will meet the airspace integration challenges of Urban Air Mobility

November 5, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Giancarlo Ferrara, R&D Work Programme Coordinator at EUROCONTROL’s Drone/U-space Unit reports on how this SESAR research programme will support drone and passenger air taxi vehicles safely, securely, sustainably and efficiently operate in a controlled and […]

WATMC 2021: “You will be able to catch a flying taxi in Paris by 2024, accompanied by a pilot” says expert panel

November 3, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

By Jenny Beechener Panellists agreed by 2024, unmanned aerial mobility will be a reality in “certain areas” based on trials commencing in multiple locations, according to a presentation at the World ATM Congress in Madrid. […]

Japan shares more details of air traffic management system trial in Wakkanai City

November 3, 2021 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Japan’s Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) trial led by the National Institute of New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO) will focus on the safe, simultaneous operations of multiple commercial drones in a shared airspace. The […]