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, […]

UAM infrastructure

Embry-Riddle researching hyperlocal weather-prediction tools for urban drone deliveries

Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the USA are proving the viability of the hyperlocal weather-prediction tools needed to fly autonomous systems in populated areas by flying small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) along simulated delivery […]

Air taxis and personal transports

CORUS-XUAM eVTOL to fly between Swedish cities in 3Q22 to demonstrate U-space services

The European CORUS-XUAM research project has announced a demonstration in Sweden due to take place in October 2022. Consortium members plan to conduct an autonomous intercity flight of 52 km between Linköping and Norrköping as […]