Aerospace company Leonardo says it has carried out Europe’s first demonstration of an electrically powered drone lifting heavy goods. In total, 25kg of goods (55 pounds) were carried in an Extended Visual Line of Sight (EVLOS) flight.
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A new initiative aimed at ensuring the safe integration of manned and unmanned aircraft over Europe has kicked off. It’s a bit of an alphabet soup of acronyms, but it’s pretty interesting stuff.
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As you know, we’re pretty interested in Urban Air Mobility. In that vision of the future, we’ll see autonomous, e-VTOL vehicles carrying passengers above cities in the not-so-distant future. And one of them could well come from a Russian company.
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Urban-Air Port has announced plans to begin building the world’s first delivery and passenger drone airport before the end of this year. The announcement was made after it was announced the winner of the UK’s Future Flight Challenge to develop infrastructure for the future of urban air mobility.
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If you’re a regular reader of DroneDJ, you’ve likely heard the phrase “Urban Air Mobility” by now. But what exactly does it mean? And why is it important? Let’s do a check-in.
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A California company that has built a passenger-carrying VTOL will soon go public, according to a recent Reuters report. Santa Cruz-based Joby Aviation is building an air taxi that will likely one day be sharing the skies with over urban centers with drones.
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A very well-financed German startup has announced plans to establish a physical infrastructure in Florida for a fleet of passenger-carrying air taxis. These eVTOL vehicles, powered by multiple small electric engines, can be flown with a pilot – or as an autonomous drone.
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The coming wave of electrically powered aircraft shuttling drones and humans will be huge, says a new report by Deloitte and the Aerospace Industries Association. The report refers to Advanced Air Mobility rather than Urban Air Mobility – and includes both cities and rural areas in its projections.
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Urban Air Mobility is a buzzphrase these days. It’s a way of describing a coming future where unmanned aerial vehicles – including air taxis that ferry passengers – are part of the urban airspace.
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EHang, a global leader in the coming market for autonomous, passenger-carrying drones, has announced membership in the Air Mobility Urban – Large Experimental Demonstration projects. This is one of the largest European demonstrations of Urban Air Mobility, and another step on the path toward drones carrying people.
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