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The UK's primary provider of air traffic control services, NATS Services, has announced the launch of its whitepaper: 'Advancing Aviation through Integration of Drones in the UK’s Low-Level Airspace'. The whitepaper outlining key learnings and recommendations from the successful completion of Project CAELUS – part of
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* EHang Holdings Limited has announced the launch of its Exhibition (Experience) Center in Shenzhen’s Luohu Sports and Leisure Park. It is the world’s first EH216-S takeoff and landing site featuring a fully automated vertical lift vertiport. It also marks a new smart infrastructure in Shenzhen dedicated to the
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* EHang Holdings Limited announced that its flagship pilotless passenger-carrying aerial vehicle EH216-S completed its inaugural demo flight in downtown Shanghai. It served as an excellent backdrop to demonstrate the exceptional capabilities in convenience, safety, and eco-friendliness within the operational environment of UAM in metropolises. It has also officially launched the
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* ANRA Technologies, a global supplier of autonomous aircraft traffic and fleet management solutions, and Future Flight Global, an innovator in advanced air transportation, have announced a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop the essential digital backbone for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). This partnership focuses on creating the infrastructure necessary
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North Carolina is paving the way for a new era of air transportation. The N.C. Department of Transportation has formed the University Transportation Center of Excellence for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), bringing together top universities to redefine how we transport people and goods through
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* Thales and Avinor have partnered to implement Norway’s next-generation nationwide Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system, enhancing airspace management for both unmanned and manned aircraft while ensuring full compliance with European regulatory standards. Thales' Topsky - UAS, powered by AstraUTM, will provide a scalable, automated platform for real-time traffic
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* CycloTech is introducing a new flying vehicle, the BlackBird demonstrator, that features a new propulsion system for any type of manned or unmanned aircraft but especially for flying cars. The company is developing and using a technology that sets completely new standards in its application. * Innovative Technology: The BlackBird demonstrator
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* Skyports Infrastructure along with SEA Milan, the owner of Milan’s airports, and 2i Aeroporti, the leading Italian airport infrastructure investment company controlled by F2i infrastructure funds, have announced the formation of VEGA, a joint venture company established to advance the AAM ecosystem across Milan and the wider Lombardy region.
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* EHang Holdings Limited, an urban air mobility technology platform company, strongly refuted recent rumours circulating in retail investor communities. "These baseless allegations have no foundation in truth and have unfairly impacted the Company's stock price." The rumour claims that EHang is related to an investigation on
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For self-flying aircraft to take to the skies, they need to learn about their environments to avoid hazards. NASA aeronautics researchers recently developed a camera pod with sensors to help with this challenge by advancing computer vision for autonomous aviation. This pod is called the Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video
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Skyports Infrastructure has unveiled designs for the UK’s first permanent vertiport testbed for the electric air taxi industry, alongside partners Bicester Motion, the 444-acre future mobility estate in Bicester, Oxfordshire, and Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company pioneering zero-emissions aviation through the development of electric vertical take-off
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. Skyports Infrastructure, a supplier of vertiport infrastructure for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry, and Wagner Corporation, an Australian property, infrastructure, and sustainable development company, have partnered to explore vertiport development opportunities in the state of Queensland, Australia. The agreement follows a recent announcement between Wisk and Skyports to identify