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EVTOL

Experimental passenger drone goes up in flames during test flight

During a recent test flight, a passenger drone or EVTOL designed for passenger transport by the American company Aura Aerospace caught fire.

Wiebe de JagerJul 28

EASA

EASA publishes regulations for drone taxis in urban environments

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency is the first aviation authority in the world to publish draft regulations for the use of drone taxis in urban

Wiebe de JagerJul 1

BVLOS

Danish fixed-wing medical drone project kicks off with 31-mile BVLOS drone flight over the sea

In Denmark, the start of the three-year HealthDrone project has been heralded with a medical drone flight over a distance of no less than 31 miles.

Wiebe de JagerJun 2

Wingcopter

German Airways and Wingcopter enter into partnership for offshore drone delivery

Zeitfracht Group has entered into a partnership with drone manufacturer Wingcopter, offshore drone delivery to wind farms and sailing ships.

Wiebe de JagerApr 6

United States

FedEx teams up with Elroy Air to test autonomous drone delivery

FedEx Express, is collaborating with Elroy Air to create the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone delivery system.

Haye KestelooMar 30

Wingcopter

Wingcopter signs 16M contract with drone delivery company Spright

Wingcopter signed a $16M contract with medical flight service provider Spright, which is currently building a health care drone delivery network

Haye KestelooJan 31

Volocopter

Volocopter air-taxi added to Microsoft Flight Simulator

In November, in collaboration with Volocopter, an update will be available that the two-person drone taxi VoloCity as a device with which...

Wiebe de JagerSep 1

Amazon

The world’s first ‘race’ with manned drones is a fact

You can see that in this video of the world's first 'race' with manned drones. Ok, it wasn't very fast yet, but that's only a matter of time.

Wiebe de JagerJun 14

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