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Manta Aircraft: One to look out for in 2021

Dec 22, 2020

Manta Aircraft: One to look out for in 2021

By Chris Stonor On November 19th, Urban Air Mobility News (UAMN) published its first story about the Swiss-based company Manta Aircraft...

UK: Faradair Aerospace partner consortium to build 300 hybrid-powered aircraft by 2030

Dec 17, 2020

UK: Faradair Aerospace partner consortium to build 300 hybrid-powered aircraft by 2030

UK Faradair Aerospace, a British start-up, headed by Neil Cloughley and based at the Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire, announced today...

Latest news on Joby Aviation purchase of Uber Elevate

Dec 10, 2020

Latest news on Joby Aviation purchase of Uber Elevate

By Chris Stonor The rumours have become fact. It is official. Joby Aviation has acquired Uber Elevate. A tingle of excitement has...

Hybrid Air Vehicle: Meet the Airlander

Dec 9, 2020

Hybrid Air Vehicle: Meet the Airlander

By Chris Stonor In an Urban Air Mobility News occasional series of more exotic aerial vehicles either already on the market or presently...

Mechanical gripper allows drones “to hang from objects”

Dec 9, 2020

Mechanical gripper allows drones “to hang from objects”

By Chris Stonor Tiny quadcopter drones aka micro air vehicles (MAVs), have short battery lives, so if they can “perch” or “park”...

Agility Prime: Tangram Flex awarded contract by U.S. Air Force

Dec 8, 2020

Agility Prime: Tangram Flex awarded contract by U.S. Air Force

By Chris Stonor Tangram Flex, a tech innovation company from Dayton, Ohio, has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Air Force’s...

Electric aircraft start-up Metro Hop gains grant from European Space Agency

Dec 2, 2020

Electric aircraft start-up Metro Hop gains grant from European Space Agency

By Chris Stonor Metro Hop’s German division, Metro Hop Technik GMBH, has been awarded a grant from the European Space Agency’s business...

Welcome to Airspeeder: “Motorsport in the Sky”

Dec 2, 2020

Welcome to Airspeeder: “Motorsport in the Sky”

By Chris Stonor In a rapidly developing and expanding aerial vehicle market, new companies are emerging all the time. The vast majority...

Drones may soon be disinfecting soccer stadiums and music venues in the UK

Nov 30, 2020

Drones may soon be disinfecting soccer stadiums and music venues in the UK

By Chris Stonor Urban Air Mobility News has covered various stories this year from the U.S. where drones have been used to disinfect...

Manta Aircraft promise sleek, beautiful eV/STOL future with Swiss elegance and precision

Nov 19, 2020

Manta Aircraft promise sleek, beautiful eV/STOL future with Swiss elegance and precision

Recent start-up, Manta Aircraft, based in Lugano, Switzerland, are offering the world a vision of a sleek, elegant and precise hybrid...

The CaravellAir: Welcome to the “2-seater electric roadable aircraft”

Nov 16, 2020

The CaravellAir: Welcome to the “2-seater electric roadable aircraft”

Caravella Aerospace continues on its mission to develop a 2-seater partially electric roadable aircraft called the CaravellAir, reports a...

The Netherlands: Hybrid hydrogen drone conducts successful trial flight

Nov 16, 2020

The Netherlands: Hybrid hydrogen drone conducts successful trial flight

Researchers allied with the Micro Air Vehicle Laboratory (MAVLab) at the Netherlands Technical University in Delft, have successfully...

Watch video: Welcome the Speeder “flying motorcycle” drone

Nov 11, 2020

Watch video: Welcome the Speeder “flying motorcycle” drone

U.S. JetPack Aviation introduces The Speeder, a new vehicle the company describes as “The world’s first flying motorcycle”, which the...

Hybrid Pegasus vertical business jet gains “resounding response from global market”

Nov 9, 2020

Hybrid Pegasus vertical business jet gains “resounding response from global market”

Robbie Irons, CEO of Pegasus Universal Aerospace, says the company’s debut of its hybrid propulsion system vertical takeoff business jet...

New Zealand: ElectricAir launches country’s “first electric aircraft into service”

Nov 3, 2020

New Zealand: ElectricAir launches country’s “first electric aircraft into service”

New Zealand’s first electric aircraft was officially launched last week by Christchurch start-up ElectricAir, reports scoop.co.nz. The...

Latest flying car concept: Welcome the Firenze Lanciare “powered by jet engines”

Oct 28, 2020

Latest flying car concept: Welcome the Firenze Lanciare “powered by jet engines”

The Firenze Lanciare is “a new flying car concept,” powered by twin Williams FJ-33 jet engines and wings that unfold from underneath the...

Covid-19: U.S. Football Atlanta Falcons deploy ‘disinfecting drones’ for sanitising team’s stadium

Oct 3, 2020

Covid-19: U.S. Football Atlanta Falcons deploy ‘disinfecting drones’ for sanitising team’s stadium

Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium (MBS) is “the first professional sports venue” to sanitise its arena using drones, reports edition.cnn.com

Chinese electric car start-up Xpeng displays new flying vehicle at Beijing auto show

Sep 30, 2020

Chinese electric car start-up Xpeng displays new flying vehicle at Beijing auto show

An electric automaker start-up, Xpeng, displayed at the Beijing Auto Show last weekend, the first in a series of electric flying vehicles

UK hybrid electric SAMAD aerospace launches Q-Starling high-end PAV

Sep 30, 2020

UK hybrid electric SAMAD aerospace launches Q-Starling high-end PAV

SAMAD aerospace, the British hybrid electric VTOL aviation company, has launched “its concept” for Q-Starling, a high-end Personal Air

General Motors researches market “for electric flying cars,” sources say

Sep 17, 2020

General Motors researches market “for electric flying cars,” sources say

General Motors researches market “for electric flying cars,” sources say

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