As commercial manned air travel seems ever more uncomfortable for the average flyer, Joby and Skyports Develop Living Lab for Urban Air Mobility to make the terminal experience better for passengers. by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Continue reading below, or listen: “Our all-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft …
Read More »UK Drone Delivery CAELUS Project Launches
UK Drone Delivery Network CAELUS Launches by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby CAELUS (Care & Equity – Healthcare Logistics UAS Scotland), a consortium led by AGS Airports in partnership with NHS Scotland to establish the UK’s premiere drone-based medical distribution network, closed £10.1 million in funding from the Future …
Read More »ConOps for eVTOL Operations – DRONELIFE
ConOps for eVTOL: Wisk Aero and Skyports Partner to Integrate eVTOL Operations at Vertiports Today, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) leader Wisk Aero announced a partnership with vertiport leader Skyports for the integration of autonomous, electric, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations at vertiports (landing sites for eVTOL aircraft) and …
Read More »Skyports Raises $23 Million in Series B
Skyports Raises USD 23M in First Close of Series B Funding Round by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Advanced air mobility leader Skyports has acquired USD 23 million in the first close of its Series B funding round. The funding, raised from a mix of new and existing investors, …
Read More »Swoop Aero, Skyports and BD Rowa Partner Air Logistics
Swoop Aero, Skyports, BD Rowa Partner to Integrate Air Logistics in the Pharmaceutical Industry by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, drone service and technology leaders Swoop Aero and Skyports and pharmaceutical product provider BD Rowa announced the formation of a strategic partnership that aims to overhaul health supply …
Read More »Drones on Cape Cod: Skyports and MassDOT Partner
Drone services provider Skyports has partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) Aeronautics Division to bring drones to Cape Cod. Cape Cod is a popular vacation spot in New England, but includes many islands, peninsulas that can be hard to reach, especially in the winter: including the well-known communities of …
Read More »Skyports in Scotland Collaborates on “Space Enabled” Drone D…
Drone delivery service provider Skyports in Scotland has collaborated with technology communications company Vodafone and digital consultants Deloitte to deliver medical supplies and samples for the NHS by drone, enabling COVID response efforts. “The live flights will take place later this year and will use mobile connectivity and space-based technology,” says …
Read More »NHS Scotland Drone Delivery Trial Supports Covid-19 Response
An NHS Scotland drone delivery trial will support the U.K.’s COVID-19 response – and help prove the case for drone delivery between remote healthcare facilities. Thales SOARIZON, providers of drone operations management solutions, has partnered with U.K. drone delivery provider Skyports to work with Argyll and Bute Health and Social …
Read More »Skyports Drone Delivery Joins U.K. CAA “Regulatory Sandbox” …
Flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) continues to move forward for the global drone industry. In the U.K., drone delivery service provider Skyports will work with regulators to test BVLOS flight in airspace shared by other aircraft. Skyports is working with onboard detect and avoid technology provided by Iris …
Read More »What Exactly is a Volo-Port? Skyports and Volocopter Announc…
© Brandlab / Skyports / Volocopter / GRAFT Urban air mobility (UAM) is more than just a cool idea. At drone conferences around the world, UAM is a hot topic as both regulators and communities seek for a way to address an increasingly significant urban problem: traffic. For many cities …
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