ATM ModernizationNextNav Tech to Help NASA Track Drones and Air Taxis NASA has selected a new third-party service to aid it in tracking everything from air taxis to package-delivery drones in urban areas. The government organization will integrate NextNav's 3D geolocation services into…
CommercialBell Secures Battery Maker for VTOL Air Taxi Bell has selected Electric Power Systems (EPS) to develop energy storage solutions for its vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft project. The planned on-demand urban mobility aircraft has continued to take shape as Bell periodically announces…
CommercialWith This Patch, You Can Control a Drone with a Flick of Your Wrist Controlling drones is an arms race of user-friendly input devices. In the interest of meeting operators where they are comfortable, companies have gone from bulky proprietary ground stations to commercial laptops to…
MilitaryDARPA's Remote-Controlled Black Hawk The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a drop-in kit to enable the automation or remote-control of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. Called Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS), the U.S.…
MilitaryUS Air Force Exploring Changes to Contract Structures Military contract structures are changing; They need to to keep up with the pace of technology. Both government and industry are trying to figure out what the future of those contracts needs…
CommercialThe Unmanned Future at Rockwell Collins' Advanced Technology Center Brian Wolford would sit awake as a child and listen to the planes fly into and out of the nearby Pewaukee Municipal Airport — since renamed Chicago Executive Airport. The noise might have…
ATM ModernizationIndustry: We Must Accommodate Commercial Space in the NAS — For Now A panel of aviation industry members agreed that, because the technology is new, integrating commercial space operations into the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS) will require concessions — for now. “You wouldn’t…
ATM ModernizationBlue Origin's Bumpy Road to Smooth Launches Blue Origin has launched its New Shepard rocket nine times. The first seven, it had airspace issues, according to Audrey Powers, the company’s deputy general counsel. Speaking at the Air Traffic Controller…