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Hong Kong may get passenger drones by 2027, keep arms inside the aircraft

Hong Kong has been easing into the drone era politely. First medical deliveries. Then a few food runs. Very civilized. No airborne chaos. No dystopian sky traffic jams yet but the city is clearly done with baby steps. At the Airspace Asia Pacific 2025 event at AsiaWorld Expo, Hong Kong’s Secretary for Transport and Logistics,…

Hong Kong eVTOL Plans Reveal China’s Global Aviation Standards Strategy
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Hong Kong eVTOL Plans Reveal China’s Global Aviation Standards Strategy

Hong Kong just revealed its hand in the global eVTOL race, and it’s not just about air taxis. It’s about who writes the rules. Dominic Chow Wing-hang, Hong Kong’s deputy director general of civil aviation, announced Saturday that passenger-carrying eVTOLs could begin trials within two to three years. But the announcement came at a Belt…

Coventry Advances Drone Research for Emergencies
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Coventry Advances Drone Research for Emergencies

Coventry University has started a new research program to explore how drones can support emergency operations in crowded cities, and the Urban Ascent project brings together Coventry City Council, Skyfarer, The Manufacturing Technology Centre and Slink Tech to test how unmanned aircraft can move medical supplies, map damaged areas and provide communication links during disasters,…

LEO Solo JetBike Gets Ready for Liftoff as Pre Orders Begin
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LEO Solo JetBike Gets Ready for Liftoff as Pre Orders Begin

The LEO Solo JetBike is finally here, as Techeblog reported, and it looks like something dreamed up after one energy drink too many. Pete Bitar has spent years chasing the joy of electric flight, building prototypes that have flown, wobbled, or occasionally tried to end the day early. In 2021, he teamed up with designer…

DARPA Offers $6.5M For Drones That Carry 4X Their Weight In Lift Challenge
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DARPA Offers $6.5M For Drones That Carry 4X Their Weight In Lift Challenge

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a $6.5 million competition challenging innovators across America to design drones capable of carrying payloads more than four times their own weight. The DARPA Lift Challenge, announced November 13, 2025, aims to shatter current limitations in vertical lift aviation by tapping into what the agency calls…

Flying Cars Have Officially Arrived—But There’s a Catch
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Flying Cars Have Officially Arrived—But There’s a Catch

The era of personal flying vehicles isn’t coming—it’s already here. The Pivotal BlackFly, a single-seat electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has quietly become the first ultralight “flying car” to reach actual consumers in the United States, racking up over 1,000 crewed flights and proving that personal aviation is no longer science fiction. The…

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