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The country's Ministry of Civil Aviation has issued a discussion paper laying out its thinking on forging policy for a wide array of unmanned aircraft operations that might eventually include autonomous passenger flights.
EASA's Rotorcraft and VTOL webinar on December 9 will include discussion of the proposed means of compliance for certifying new VTOL aircraft under EASA's special conditions.
The country's eVTOL aircraft developer would appear to be the most immediate beneficiary of the new government policy, given its already close cooperation with the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
The document arrives four years after Uber's first urban air mobility white paper and with speculation building that it intends to sell the Uber Elevate division.