UnmannedFlirtey Trials Drone Delivery at Industrial Center in Nevada Drone delivery startup Flirtey has begun demonstrations of its Eagle and Portal system, unveiled earlier this year, at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Nevada as a step toward its goal of rolling…
Air TaxiSkyryse Unveils Autonomous Helicopter for Urban Air Mobility, Targets Economics of Commuter Cars In Los Angeles, California, Skyryse demonstrated what it calls the “world’s first fully autonomous end to end flight” of an FAA-approved helicopter. The company also unveiled its "flight stack," which it…
MilitaryBell Invictus to Offer Army ‘Lower-Risk Path’ to FARA Capabilities ARLINGTON, Texas — Bell's offering for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) contest, the 360 Invictus, is intended to offer the Army an insurance policy by presenting a lower-risk path to the…
Air TaxiVolocopter Receives First eVTOL Design Organization Approval from EASA Volocopter received Design Organization Approval (DOA) from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), becoming the first aerospace company focused on electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to do so in the process.…
MilitaryDHS Continues to Warn Private Industry Against Using Foreign-Made Drones Government cybersecurity officials continue to warn U.S. companies about the dangers of using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) designed or manufactured abroad, according to a sensitive document distributed to private industry by the…
RegulationEstonia’s ANSP Hires AirMap to Consult on Unmanned Aircraft Regulation and Airspace Integration Estonia’s Air Navigation Services (EANS) has hired AirMap to help develop effective regulations around unmanned aircraft and integrate them into its airspace, making EANS the second air navigation service provider AirMap has…
Air TaxiJaunt Air Mobility Signs MoU with BAE Systems on Electric Energy Management Systems BAE Systems signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jaunt Air Mobility to develop electric energy management systems for their aircraft, which is one of Uber’s six announced partners for its Elevate…
Air TaxiData and Safety: Lessons from TSB’s Investigation of Canadian Air Taxi Accidents Earlier this month, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada released a report on safety in the air taxi sector, which operates under very different frameworks, infrastructure and schedules (or lack thereof) than…