Air TaxiEASA Proposes New Regulatory Framework for Air Taxi Operations The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) proposed a comprehensive new regulatory framework for operating air taxis in cities. Manufacturers of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft have worked with EASA in…
Air TaxiAustralia's CASA Publishes New Regulatory Roadmap for Advanced Air Mobility This week, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) announced the launch of a regulatory roadmap that describes its approach to ensuring safety for drones and other components of the advanced air mobility…
Electrification and SustainabilityMissionGO and Airspace Link Perform Cargo Operations with Uncrewed Aircraft for 10-Day Study MissionGO Unmanned Systems recently partnered with Airspace Link for a 10-day flight operation to demonstrate use of an uncrewed aircraft to perform cargo delivery services. The study, which marked the first real-world…
CommercialAirbus Confirms Orders for 292 A320 Aircraft from Four Chinese Airlines Airbus confirmed orders for 292 A320 aircraft from four Chinese airlines today: Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, and Shenzhen Airlines. As of May 31, Chinese operators had more than 2,070 aircraft…
AI & AutonomyDroneUp’s New VP of Airspace Innovation Discusses Regulatory Challenges for Drone Operations Autonomous drone delivery platform DroneUp has partnered with Walmart to operate drone delivery services since November 2021. In May, the companies announced plans to expand beyond the launch region of Arkansas to…
Air TaxiLilium Chooses Astronics to Develop eVTOL Power Distribution System Lilium has chosen aerospace supplier Astronics Corporation for a collaboration in which Astronics will develop and manufacture an electrical power distribution system for the Lilium Jet. The aircraft is an electric vertical…
Air TaxiDiehl Aviation to Develop Optical Avionics Communications for Volocopter’s Air Taxi Volocopter and Diehl Aviation are expanding their existing partnership, according to an announcement from Diehl last week. Volocopter has commissioned Diehl to design and produce an optical splitter to provide control information…
AI & AutonomyAT&T Transmits 5G Network Via Drone Earlier this month, AT&T announced that their drone operations team has achieved an industry first in transmitting its 5G network via a drone. The test was performed in April in rural Missouri…