Emerging regulations

ACI Europe publishes UAM position paper – highlighting security, baggage, C-UAS and airport vertiport operations

European airport trade association ACI Europe has published a position paper on urban air mobility (UAM), highlighting its view on regulations and operations. Here are some of the key highlights: Vertiports within airports: “It should […]

Inspection and surveillance

Flying Forward to start autonomous drone operation trials at Eindhoven HTCE

European Union funded urban air mobility research programme Flying Forward 2020 (FF2020) has announced it will initiate autonomous drone demonstrations on High Tech Campus Eindhoven (HTCE). FF2020 has been developing solutions that will be tested in five living labs, […]

Medical/pharmaceutical transport

Turkey leads in EIT Urban Mobility project to develop Urban Air Traffic Management system

Istanbul Kultur University Technology Transfer Office is leading the Urban Air Traffic Management DEVelOpment & DEMOnstration which aims to transport medical deliveries by drone in three different cities. The project is supported by EIT Urban […]

UTM

SparkCognition, SkyGrid and LIFT Aircraft “link to deliver blockchain UTM for autonomous vehicles”

SparkCognition Government Systems (SGS) has announced its partnership with SkyGrid and LIFT Aircraft Inc. According to a company press release: “The companies will apply AI and blockchain technology to manage the airspace for autonomous vehicles, […]

Commentary

Draft vertiport design standards “show marked differences to ICAO helipad requirements”

The FAA’s initial vertiport design brief shows some marked differences from conventional helipad design standards, according to Toby Enzerink, Drone Consultant at AirHub Vertiport designs based upon ICAO Annex 14 (heliports) differ widely from the […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Lilium, NetJets and FlightSafety International agree strategic partnership and potential sale of 150 aircraft

NetJets Inc and FlightSafety International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lilium N.V. for a proposed strategic partnership. According to a Lilium press release: “The arrangement would provide NetJets with the right to […]