New city projects

The Government of Telangana has submitted a proposal seeking certification for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) along with Terra Drone India, Zipline, and Marut Drones. […]

By Rob Hoffman In the USA the Federal Aviation Administration controls the skies from 400 ft above ground level – underneath, it’s up to the local towns and municipalities to decide what lands where. There […]

The third Uber Air market city – after Los Angeles and Dallas and the first outside the USA – has been nominated as Melbourne, Australia. The choice was announced by Susan Anderson, Regional General Manager, […]

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously to approve a Public Safety Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) programme. “The county’s UAS program will provide an enhanced level of operational capability, safety and situational awareness for the Office of Emergency Management, […]

The City of Hamburg is significantly expanding its activities supporting the development of urban air mobility and the civilian use of drones. Senator Michael Westhagemann, Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport and Innovation, announced the move […]

DJI has joined the programme to test urban air mobility operations in the downtown area of Reno, Nevada. A key objective of the research will be to gauge public opinion on drone operations in the […]

Dayton Daily News reports that DriveOhio, the University of Cincinnati and the Springfield-based Unmanned Aircraft Systems Group (UAS) are planning to use drones to study peak traffic problems on Springboro’s South Main Street. “These groups […]

Civil Aviation Administration of China controllers and city police in Shenzhen are currently managing over 2,000 drone flights a day in the city following the introduction in December 2018 of a city-wide UTM system UTMISS. […]

Urban air mobility programmes have taken off in 75 cities around the world, according to the latest Global Urban Air Mobility project report, published every two months, by Unmanned Airspace and Urban Air Mobility News. […]

Numerous press reports say the city of San Diego and the US Marine Corps have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on “Smart City” technologies such as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management. […]