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Working with eVTOL developer Volocopter, Germany's ADAC Luftrettung air rescue service has published a feasibility study regarding the use of multicopter aircraft to carry doctors and other first responders to accident sites.

The Justice Department order is commonly understood to target China's dominant small unmanned air systems maker DJI.

The analysis by Price Systems challenges what it characterizes as unfounded optimism about the viability of advanced air mobility services in affluent areas like New York City.

The hybrid-electric Cessna 337 flew almost 350 miles from Los Angeles to San Francisco

EASA said it will publish details of the means of compliance for its new Special Condition VTOL requirements in early November.

The UK manufacturer says its 55-year-old utility aircraft design could be ready for autonomous operations by the mid-2020s.

Uber Elevate is increasingly impatient for type certification requirements to be finalized and has concerns that regulators are pursuing unrealistic safety standards.

It flew in a light aircraft being used by MicroPilot to develop its autopilot system.

He has called for Remote Identification UAS rules to be issued by the FAA without delay in December 2020.

The tools help aircraft developers deal with certification challenges such as meeting Do-178C requirements.

German aero engine group MTU and the DLR research agency have started engineering work to convert a Dornier 228 airliner to use hydrogen fuel.

Chief technology officer and cofounder Martin Peryea has taken over as CEO from Kaydon Stanzione, who has left the company.

Test facilities are being offered with the support of the European Union-backed Green Flyway program.

The French capital is opening a "test area" to develop urban air mobility operations at Pontoise airfield and eVTOL developer Volocopter has signed up to support the program.

The 216L version of the Chinese company's two-seat Autonomous Aerial Vehicle features a cargo pod and can carry a 200 kg payload.

A trio of unmanned aerial systems industry groups want new U.S. Remote ID rules to be released in December as planned.

The Chinese automotive group has signaled its intention to support development of larger eVTOL aircraft.

The app uses artificial intelligence to simplify the multiple tasks involved in planning and executing flights.

Flights were made in unsegregated, busy airspace in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and involved operations in Class B airspace and with air traffic control clearances.

The two companies believe they can begin commercial urban air mobility services by September 2023.