Cutting-edge companies primed to launch air taxis and autonomous cargo drones into the skies have hailed the UAE for providing a launch pad for success.
Experts speaking at the Umex conference in Abu Dhabi, an exhibition that aims to shape the future of unmanned systems and defence strategy, said a strict licensing framework has allowed an emerging aerial public transport industry to take off in the Emirates.
Testing at a reduced scale has helped to iron out any operational flaws, said Rashid Al Manai, chief executive of Lodd Autonomous, which aims to launch AI-driven drone cargo operations in the UAE.
“We have taken the full aircraft size and created a 30 per cent subscale to test avionics, software and autonomous algorithms,” said Mr Al Manai, who was speaking on a Umex panel on how autonomous drones
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