Transport modes

  • April 17, 2021

First autonomous airplane gate-to-gate flight

Xwing plan to incorporate autonomous technology for regional air freight. Autonomous cargo flights are interesting with the predictable routes and the immense commercial significance of cargo delivery logistics. Xwing announced significant progress in expanding and…
  • April 14, 2021

EUROCONTROL organizes European UAM demos

CORUS-XUAM is a major demonstration project aimed at gathering research knowledge and know-how on air traffic management (ATM), unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and urban air mobility (UAM). In the kick off meeting participated over 70…
  • April 1, 2021

Lilium announces intention to list on Nasdaq

through a merger with Qell Acquisition Corp., and reveals development of its 7-Seater electric vertical take-off and landing jet Lilium announces the intention to list on Nasdaq through a merger with Qell Acquisition Corp. and…
  • March 31, 2021

With Drones and Other Autonomous Vehicles, Safety Must Come First

Two decades ago, a semiautonomous, self-balancing, multipropeller aircraft would have been cutting-edge technology, hardly available at any price. Oh, how things have changed. On a recent walk through my favorite electronics retailer, I came across a…
  • March 23, 2021

ICAO Council makes progress

ICAO Council makes progress on new remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) standards During its ongoing 222nd Session, the ICAO Council adopted new and amended Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) driving important progress on the international…