A2Z Drone Delivery Partners with Alatau City on Urban Air Mobility Initiative in Kazakhstan
A2Z Drone Delivery has entered into a partnership with Alatau Advance Air Group Ltd. (AAAG) to support Kazakhstan’s Alatau City urban air mobility program. The announcement was made on May 26, 2026, during the opening ceremony of the UAM Test Center Eurasia located in the Golden District of Alatau City.
The collaboration aims to integrate A2Z’s AirDocks and Longtail multi-mission commercial aircraft into a comprehensive unmanned aerial ecosystem. This test center will serve as the central hub for all unmanned systems activities related to the broader Alatau City Project.
Building Urban Air Mobility Into a New Smart City
Alatau City is a newly planned city in Kazakhstan, designed from the ground up as a smart city that incorporates advanced transportation systems, digital services, and experimental air regulations. This approach allows for seamless integration of air mobility into the city’s master plan.
International partners from China, South Korea, Italy, and the United States are financing research and demonstration flights through private investment. The project will feature electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, air taxis, and unmanned logistics drones, all connected by a regional network of vertiports.
Sergey Khegay, Co-Founder and CEO of AAAG, stated, “Alatau City is being designed from scratch, which provides a unique advantage, as air mobility can be integrated into the city’s master plan right from the start. Over the next two years, we will develop the infrastructure and prepare for a commercial launch by 2028. This opening ceremony represents a practical step toward building a safe and high-tech next-generation transportation infrastructure that will soon become part of everyday life in Alatau City.”
AirDocks and Longtail Anchor the Drone Layer
A2Z has been selected for autonomous and beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operations, dock-based charging, and scalable multi-mission logistics networks. The partnership will explore various applications, including last-mile drone delivery, infrastructure inspection, emergency response, and autonomous patrols.
The company plans to expand the drone support infrastructure in Alatau City with additional elevated A2Z AirDocks. Multiple fleets of Longtail commercial drones will be deployed for different missions from these docks.
Aaron Zhang, CEO of A2Z Drone Delivery, commented, “AAAG’s Alatau City project is an amazing opportunity to demonstrate how communities of tomorrow can be designed from the ground up to take advantage of next-generation technologies and innovative rulemaking that will enable functional urban air mobility at scale. Multi-mission capabilities are key to scaling drone logistics operations on a broader scale, and last week’s group demonstration was an important milestone showing that a variety of low-altitude systems can operate safely and efficiently in a shared airspace.”
A2Z Drone Delivery, founded in 2016, initially focused on bringing a patented commercial drone delivery winch to market and has since expanded into multi-mission docks and aircraft systems utilized globally.