Air TaxiUPS Partners with Wingcopter to Develop, Certify Drone Delivery Fleet UPS’ drone delivery venture is partnering with German drone-maker Wingcopter to develop and certify new tiltrotor package delivery drones for a wide range of use cases in the United States and internationally.…
Air TaxiLilium Raises $240 Million for Electric Air Taxi Development — ‘At Least 12 Months of Runway’ German electric air taxi developer Lilium completed an internal funding round worth over $240 million, raising its total investment to date to more than $340 million, the company announced. A representative for…
Air TaxiUAS Service Suppliers Discuss 53,000 Comments on FAA’s Remote ID Proposal The Federal Aviation Administration is working through more than 53,000 comments on its proposed approach to remote identification for remote aircraft and hopes to issue a final ruling before the end of…
Air TaxiSkyryse’s Flight Automation Technology is ‘Months Away’ from Certification Skyryse is close to certifying FlightOS, part of a broader flight automation technology stack the company is developing that will significantly reduce pilot workload and improve the learning curve of newly-certified pilots.…
Air TaxiUK’s Split from EASA Likely to Increase Burden on European Air Taxi Startups The United Kingdom will withdraw as a member of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) at the end of 2020, gradually transitioning responsibility for safety regulation and new aircraft type certification…
Air TaxiWill the FAA Have Authority over Vertiports for High-Volume Air Taxi Operations? As communities discuss how to prepare for urban air mobility (UAM), concerns are emerging around how heliports — or future ‘vertiports’ — will be governed by the Federal Aviation Administration. Companies like…
Air TaxiMarine Corps Partners with Air Force Agility Prime on eVTOL Aircraft for Logistics The Pentagon’s interest in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft continues to grow, with the Marine Corps’ Warfighting Lab now partnering with the Air Force’s Agility Prime program to explore unmanned…
Air TaxiEHang Receives ‘Operational Flight Permit’ from Norway CAA Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle maker EHang has obtained an ‘operational flight permit’ from the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway for its two-seat EHang 216 — its first such approval in Europe. The…
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