The Romanian Ministry of Defense wants to get a legal authorization to dispose of “hostile” civilian drones that endanger military objects, the newspaper Adevarul said in its Thursday issue. The draft presented by the paper would amend Act 2011/122, which regulates the use of weapons by the army, so that soldiers could open fire on drones that endanger protected objects.
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It seems that self-guided drone taxis may soon become a real form of transportation in major cities around the world. The pilot drone airport being built in England could be in live operation as early as this year.
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A new Volocopter share with a nominal value of EUR 200 million was subscribed, increasing the nominal value of the shares of the German-based air taxi company to EUR 322 million. The fund is primarily intended for the licensing, production and market launch of Volocity air taxis. They are confident that in two years, the service can start with their air taxis in different cities around the world.
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Perhaps, without exaggeration, Wednesday can be called a historic day from a drone perspective: an experimental drone transport system was put into operation in the airspace of an Israeli resort town, Hadera. According to the British news agency Reuters, on March 17, transporting drones swept the skies of the Mediterranean coastal town so that their – even coordinated – movement was controlled from a single control room.
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After ten years of design work, AeroMobil’s latest electric concept aircraft can finally hope for success. A couple of years ago, the engineering company AeroMobil, an engineering company, had literally seen its dreams fall to the ground when the car of the previous plane crashed. One of the prototypes got into an “unexpected situation” during a test flight and crashed.
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EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, today announced to partner with an Italian architecture firm Giancarlo Zema Design Group (GZDG) to extend its air mobility solutions in the EU. With EHang’s passenger-grade AAV technologies and air mobility solutions, GZDG has designed and will build an eco-sustainable vertiport in Italy. The vertiport will use green design and construction materials, and can generate energy to recharge the EH216 passenger-grade AAVs.