AI & AutonomyAirwayz AI-Powered Unmanned Traffic Management Put to the Test in Israel Drone Pilot Program The future of drone operations could include thousands of drones operating within an airspace corridor all communicating through a traffic management system. The first step to turning this idea into a reality…
Air TaxiUPS Purchases Beta's eVTOL Aircraft UPS is purchasing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Beta Technologies through its Flight Forward program and is expected to receive the first 10 aircraft by 2024, according to an…
Air TaxiAir Taxis Likely to Not Deploy in Early to Mid 2020s as Predicted, New Report Says Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are still facing many technological, regulatory, and infrastructure hurdles and will likely not deploy in the early-to-mid 2020s as some have predicted, new research from…
Air TaxiAgility Prime Researches Electronic Parachute Powered by Machine Learning The Air Force’s Agility Prime program awarded a phase I small business technology transfer (STTR) research contract to Jump Aero and Caltech to create an electronic parachute powered by machine learning that…
UnmannedZipline Expands into Japan with Toyota Partnership Zipline and Toyota Tsusho, a member of the Toyota Group, have formed a partnership to use drone delivery service to enable healthcare access in communities in Japan, the companies announced recently. Zipline…
Air TaxiAFWERX Invests in Nap of the Earth Flight with Vy 400 VTOL AFWERX is working with Transcend Air through a new contract that will explore “nap of the Earth” flight, whose flights require the aircraft to fly low and follow the contours of terrain…
MilitaryGripen Flies with 3D-Printed Hatch as Test for Additive Manufacturing in Battlefield Repairs A 3D-printed exterior hatch flew on the Gripen for the first time on March 19 in Sweden during a test flight, Saab announced on March 30. The flight is the Swedish aerospace…
Air TaxiAir Force Completes First Military Transport of eVTOL Aircraft Inside C-130 The U.S. Air Force transported an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Springfield, Ohio to Austin, Texas on March 23 and 24 inside an HC-130J Combat King II as a…