UAM/UTM
DroneUp, LLC, an aviation technology provider, announced that it has acquired AirMap, Inc., a digital airspace and automation company serving the global aerospace economy. AirMap's Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) service is the most comprehensive airspace management software solution in the world. The acquisition comes on the
Business
The air taxi startup Volocopter wanted to come to the New York stock exchange Nasdaq with a big deal, but the plans failed. The crowdfund investors are now going almost empty-handed. The 750 crowdfund investors had been waiting for the news since the summer. The email in which the
UAM/UTM
The systems required to safely coordinate unmanned traffic management (UTM) operations below 400 feet above ground level (AGL) between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), drone operators, and other stakeholders remains a work-in-progress. According to the joint FAA and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) UTM CONOPS 2.0,
UAM/UTM
After three years of R&D, the French start-up Ascendance Flight Technologies builds on the virtues of hybrid technology and distributed propulsion to develop sustainable air travel solutions unveiling the design of ATEA, its 5-seater vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Conceived to operate in peri-urban
UAM/UTM
A first series of test flights with drones got underway in November in Rzeszów, Poland, as part of the SESAR JU Uspace4UAM large-scale demonstration. The project is receiving funding from the SESAR Joint Undertaking under the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and is part of the SESAR
UAM/UTM
Germany-based HHLA Sky and US-based Iris Automation have announced an international partnership. By integrating their unique technologies, they improve two of the current most challenging tasks in drone operations beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS): to remotely, globally and simultaneously control over 100 industrial drones from a centralized
UAM/UTM
Thales' TopSky - UAS solution is already in service in Lille, in northern France, and has now been adopted by air traffic controllers at Rennes airport in Brittany to manage unmanned air traffic. The solution makes the flight request process more efficient, helping drone operators to gain easier access to
Transport
DROW, an AI-integrated automatic flight ground control platform (GCP) that uses urban air traffic management (UATM) technology developed by CLROBUR, has opened a new chapter in the field of logistics in Korea by delivering a product using an autonomous drone. The company, a member of Born2Global Centre, has been
eVTOL
To conclude the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of Renault 4, the car maker has decided to team up with motion design hub TheArsenale to create a futuristic showcar, reinterpretation of this iconic model. 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of Renault 4L, a car that has sold more than 8
UAM/UTM
Paras Aerospace Private Limited, India, a subsidiary of Paras Defence and Space Technologies Limited has announced the launch of Universal UTM product for enabling Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) with High Lander, Israel, a drone technology provider with significant experience in the aviation field. The association with High Lander
Transport
Early October 2021, DragonFlyPads, Unifly and partners carried out a series of unprecedented tests for parcel delivery by drone at Rungis International Market, the biggest food market in France, located in a busy urban environment only 15 km from Paris, France and 3 km from Orly international airport. DragonFlyPads installed
UAM/UTM
At a Seoul airport, South Korea's transportation ministry demonstrated its future-generation flying urban transportation system. German urban air mobility (UAM) pioneer, Volocopter, completed the first test flight with its 2X aircraft in Seoul, South Korea. It was the first-ever crewed public test flight of a fully