Air TaxiHyPoint and Piasecki Aircraft Partnership Aims to Create Hydrogen Fuel Cell System for eVTOLs With aircraft emissions and sustainability becoming a leading concern in the industry, the development of electric aircraft, like electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has accelerated. However, most of these aircraft…
UnmannedHow Are Industry and Regulators Working Together on Mandates for Drone Integration? Over the last few years, conversations about mandates for commercially operated unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying in U.S. airspace focused heavily on Remote ID. As final rulings on drone identification technology were…
UnmannedUPS Begins Delivering COVID-19 Vaccines with Drones in North Carolina UPS and its subsidiary UPS Flight Forward have begun delivering COVID-19 vaccines using drones in a new partnership with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist located in North Carolina, according to an Aug.…
Air TaxiAir Taxi Companies Ramp Up Infrastructure Plans as Aircraft Certification Looms Electric air taxis are aiming to fill a gap in the current mobility network with flexibility similar to cars combined with the time savings of air travel. However, unlike a car, air…
Electrification and SustainabilityFAA Funds $20.4M in Grants to Lower Airport Emissions, Invest in Electric Vehicles, and Charging Infrastructure The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is making a push to lower airport emissions with $20.4 million in new grants to improve air quality at airports, purchase zero-emissions vehicles, and create electric charging…
MilitaryNavy Awards PteroDynamics Contract for VTOL Drone The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) has awarded PteroDynamics a contract to supply three of its vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drones for its Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS program,…
CommercialCivil Reserve Air Fleet Activated to Assist in Evacuations from Afghanistan The post-World War II Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) has been activated for the third time as the Department of Defense conducts evacuations of Afghanistan after the fall of the government and…
Air TaxiVaron Vehicles and RTI Partner on UAM Air Traffic System Varon Vehicles, an urban air mobility company (UAM) focused on infrastructure, has joined forces with Real-Time Innovations (RTI), a software company for autonomous systems, to build a UAM traffic management system for…