Emerging regulations

Transport Canada issues nationwide permit to Canadian UAVs to fly beyond visual line of sight

Canadian UAVs has secured a Canada-wide Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) for the operation of its fleet of small Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). This first-of-its-kind permit issued by […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Textron to acquire electric aircraft pioneer Pipistrel

Textron Inc has announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase Pipistrel, manufacturer of electrically powered aircraft, based in Slovenia and Italy. Pipistrel founder and CEO Ivo Boscarol will remain a minority shareholder as […]

Vertiports

Dassault Systèmes to work with Urban-Air Port on vertiport design and operations

Dassault Systèmes has announced that Urban-Air Port has selected Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Platform to provide the digital architecture for design, development, and operational management of its vertiport sites around the world. According to Urban-Air Port: […]

Air taxis and personal transports

“Four eVTOL companies valued at more than USD1 billion” – Drone Industry Insights

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Drone Industry Insights has published a new table outlining the performance of eVTOL and drone industry stocks. “There are now six passenger drone companies listed in three different stock markets [though Astro […]