SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The transport ministry said Friday it will conduct a flight demonstration of a commercial-level air taxi model this week as part of a government project to introduce the urban air mobility (UAM) industry in the country. The ministry will demonstrate the operation of the S-4 model built by U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. has successfully developed an integrated solution along with a simulator designed for assessing and analyzing telecommunications network quality in the context of urban air mobility (UAM), involving aircraft flying over densely populated urban areas. South Korea’s leading mobile operator announced on Thursday the successful completion of [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Systems Co., the defense and ICT unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, said Friday it and the state-run airports operator have signed deals with a Dutch and a British partner to collaborate on urban air mobility (UAM) technologies. Hanwha Systems and the Korea Airports Corp. (KAC) clinched a [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will conduct test flights of “flying vehicles” on a route between Yeouido and Jamsil next year as part of a project to commercialize new means of transportation in urban areas around 2025, officials said Friday. Flying vehicles, known as urban air mobility (UAM), use highly [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will push to use urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles as an actual means of transportation during the 2030 World Expo if it hosts the event in the southeastern port city of Busan, the industry ministry said Monday. The organizing committee signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The designers of new buildings in major cities of South Korea are seeking to be prepared for the advent of urban air mobility (UAM), autonomous driving and robots. Last week, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport inaugurated a public-private alliance called Smart Plus Building Alliance. The government plans [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Wednesday that South Korean companies held a joint demonstration of urban air mobility (UAM) aircraft at Gimpo Ara Marina in western Seoul. A UAM flight demonstration by local startups V Space and Voltline took place as part of the proceedings. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An urban air mobility (UAM) consortium led by SK Telecom Co. and Hanwha Systems Co. said Wednesday it has partnered with the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province to launch an air taxi pilot program on South Korea’s southern resort island. The K-UAM Dream Team Consortium, comprising the two companies and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Aerospace Co., a South Korean aircraft engine maker, said Tuesday it has received a US$165 million deal to supply an urban air mobility (UAM) component to Vertical Aerospace in Britain. Hanwha Aerospace will supply electromechanical actuators (EMAs) for the VX4, an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major wireless operators are eagerly setting their sights on entering the urban air mobility (UAM) industry, which the government is aiming to open up commercially in 2025. The three mobile telecoms — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp and LG Uplus Corp. — have all formed consortiums of [...]