The Torrance, California drone maker partners with Alatau Advance Air Group on next-generation drone infrastructure at the new UAM Test Center Eurasia.
A2Z Drone Delivery has partnered with Alatau Advance Air Group Ltd. (AAAG) on Kazakhstan’s Alatau City urban air mobility program. The American aerospace company announced the deal on May 26, 2026. The partnership launched at the opening ceremony of the UAM Test Center Eurasia in the Golden District of Alatau City.
A2Z demonstrated how its AirDocks and Longtail multi-mission commercial aircraft will plug into an integrated unmanned aerial ecosystem. The test center anchors all unmanned systems work for the broader Alatau City Project.
Building Urban Air Mobility Into a New Smart City
Alatau City is an entirely new city under planning in Kazakhstan. Designers built it from the outset as a smart city that integrates new transport, digital services, and recently adopted experimental air regulations.
That blank-slate approach lets air mobility plug directly into the city’s master plan. International partners from China, South Korea, Italy, and the United States are funding research and demonstration flights entirely through private investment.
The project will combine electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, air taxis, and unmanned logistics drones. A regional network of vertiports will tie those services together.
“Alatau City is being designed from scratch, which provides a unique advantage, as air mobility can be integrated into the city’s master plan right from the start. Over the next two years, we will develop the infrastructure and prepare for a commercial launch by 2028,” said Sergey Khegay, Co-Founder and CEO of Alatau Advanced Air Group Ltd. “For us at AAAG, this opening ceremony represents a practical step toward building a safe and high-tech next-generation transportation infrastructure that will soon become part of everyday life in Alatau City.”
AirDocks and Longtail Anchor the Drone Layer
A2Z was selected for autonomous and beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operations, dock-based charging, and scalable multi-mission logistics networks. The collaboration will evaluate last-mile drone delivery, infrastructure inspection, emergency response, and autonomous patrol use cases.
The company expects to scale the drone support infrastructure in Alatau City with additional elevated A2Z AirDocks. Multiple fleets of Longtail commercial drones will serve different missions from those docks.
“AAAG’s Alatau City project is an amazing opportunity to demonstrate how communities of tomorrow can be designed from the ground up to take advantage of the next-generation technologies and innovative rulemaking that will enable functional urban air mobility at scale,” said Aaron Zhang, CEO of A2Z Drone Delivery. “Multi-mission capabilities are key to scaling drone logistics operations on a broader scale, and last week’s group demonstration was an important milestone showing that a variety of low-altitude systems can operate safely and efficiently in a shared airspace.”
A2Z Drone Delivery was founded in 2016 to bring a patented commercial drone delivery winch to market. The company has since expanded into multi-mission docks and aircraft systems sold worldwide.
More information is available at A2Z Drone Delivery and Alatau Advance Air Group.
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Ian McNabb is a journalist focusing on drone technology and lifestyle content at Dronelife. He is based between Boston and NH and, when not writing, enjoys hiking and Boston area sports.
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