CommercialOPINION: Safeguarding the Aviation Industry from Modern Cyber Threats I spend a lot of time traveling internationally. So I naturally spend a lot of time on planes, and I get all the benefits of the new technological developments in the aviation…
Advanced TechnologyUniversity Lab Receives USAF Funding to Study Surface Cooling of Avionics The U.S. Air Force has awarded a total of $750,000 in grants to mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Patrick Hopkins’ ExSiTE Lab (Experiments and Simulations in Thermal Engineering) over the course of…
ConnectivityXona Space Systems Wins $1.2M in AFWERX Funding Xona Space Systems has received $1.2 million in further AFWERX funding after demonstrating precision position, navigation, and timing (PNT) signals on its demonstration satellite, Huginn. AFWERX is the innovation arm of the Air Force Research Laboratory.…
Air TaxiU.S. Air Force Expands Partnership with Archer In a significant advancement for both the eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) industry and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Archer Aviation Inc. has announced an expanded partnership with the U.S.…
Air TaxiIndustry Experts Weigh In On Equity, Safety, and Efficiency in Advanced Air Mobility BALTIMORE, Maryland —Delivery drones and passenger air taxis are set to take center stage in the advanced air mobility landscape. Yet, as we prepare for the next wave of advancements, pressing questions…
Advanced TechnologyNASA Reveals Several Project Milestones at AirVenture 2023 NASA has recently made several announcements regarding some of the organization’s major projects. These updates, which were revealed at the EAA’s AirVenture 2023, shows that NASA is making significant progress toward its…
RegulationRegulating UAS in 2023 BALTIMORE, Maryland — In an ever-evolving drone industry landscape, state and local legislators are grappling with creating effective and fair regulations for uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). In the wake of the Federal Aviation…
ConnectivityESA Taps Spire to Design Space-Based Aircraft Surveillance System The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded Spire Global a contract to design an aircraft surveillance system. It is a 16 million euro phased contract for a project called EURIALO, which is mainly funded by the German…