One of the most futuristic drone applications – passenger drones – is predicted to grow astronomically over the next 6 years, to reach a market size of $1,419.5 million by 2026.... Read more
Who has not dreamed of their own personal flying machine? GoFly is ready to make it happen. In the spirit of contests spurring innovation and problem solving, the organization GoFly is off... Read more
Since first displaying the prototype to huge hype at CES in 2015, Chinese company EHang has created a vision of passenger taxis. Now, Andreas Perotti of FACC AG, Ehang’s European produ... Read more
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is a major theme at Amsterdam Drone Week (ADW). These discussions are about big, high level ideas – but ideas that have the potential to change the way that e... Read more
The First UIC^2 – the UAM (Urban Air Mobility) Initiative for Cities and Communities – Forum took place this morning at Amsterdam Drone Week, an international gathering of stake... Read more
Eric Allison, Uber‘s Head of Aviation Programs, says that using drones to solve daily transportation issues is closer than most people think. In an address this morning at the Amsterda... Read more
Uber Technologies Inc. has already made its plans for drone taxis clear. Uber published a white paper outlining its plans for “on demand aviation” back in 2016. While drone taxi... Read more
When it comes to quieter drones of the future, the U.S. Army may well be calling an Uber to help. The army’s research laboratory will partner with the ride-sharing giant in a Cooperative Res... Read more
A pair of 20-year old German twins who call themselves “The Real Life Guys” have built a passenger drone out of a bathtub. It’s not the first crazy thing the You-Tube team... Read more
Uber has named Los Angeles as the second test city for the drone taxi service they’re working on.. TechCrunch reports that Uber has formed an official agreement with NASA to help devel... Read more
Ride-sharing company Uber is actually working on vertical take-off and landing technology that could lead to a fleet of drone taxis, technology journal Recode reports. Journalist Kara Swishe... Read more
Flying Cars, Air-Taxis, Personal Drones – a snapshot
Guest post by Drone Industry Insights — Over the last weeks, we read a lot about flying cars, air-taxis, and personal drones. Recently a variety of concept studies and prototypes was present... Read more