CommercialFAA Still Faces Challenges with Commercial Space Flight Regulations Despite Recent Rule Changes, GAO Says As of December 2020, the number of commercial space launches has increased by 41 percent year-over-year as the commercial space industry has experienced substantial growth in the last decade. According to a…
Air TaxiLilium Details Certification Path for 7-Seater Jet While many electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft makers have predicted a launch in 2024, few have detailed exactly how they plan to get there. In a recent blog post from…
Air TaxiXeriant Has Joined XTI to Develop the TriFan 600 Xeriant has signed an agreement to develop a hybrid-electric fixed-wing long-range vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, the TriFan 600, under a new joint venture with XTI Aircraft, according to a June…
Air TaxiArcher Debuts First eVTOL Demonstrator, Maker The electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) company Archer debuted its first demonstrator aircraft, Maker, during an immersive event in Los Angeles, California on June 10 where they used movie production technology…
Air TaxiAvolon Orders 500 of Vertical Aerospace’s eVTOL aircraft in $2 Billion Deal Avolon, an international aircraft leasing company, announced an order of up to 500 of Vertical Aerospace’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in a deal that could total $2 billion, according…
UnmannedInsitu Forms Partnership for Drone Operations in the Arctic Insitu, a Boeing subsidiary, has formed a partnership with two Norwegian companies, Robot Aviation and Andøya Space, to build an unmanned aviation ecosystem made for the Arctic and High North, the company…
RegulationFAA Forms New Rulemaking Committee to Advance BVLOS Drone Operations The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) created a new aviation rulemaking committee to develop a regulatory path for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson announced at the…
Air TaxiHoneywell to Provide Avionics and Flight Control Systems for Lilium’s 7-Seater Jet Lilium has a new partnership with Honeywell Aerospace to create the avionics and flight control systems for its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the 7-Seater Jet, the company announced on…