Air TaxiSabrewing Unveils Prototype ‘Rhaegal-A’ Unmanned VTOL Cargo Aircraft At the conclusion of the Air Force’s Agility Prime event on revolutionary VTOL aircraft, California-based Sabrewing Aircraft revealed their ‘Rhaegal-A’ prototype, an unmanned heavy-lift cargo aircraft that the company says will be…
Air TaxiPODCAST: Daedalean CEO Talks Neural Networks in Aviation On this episode, we caught up with Luuk van Dijk, co-founder of Zürich, Switzerland-based startup and provider of autonomous flight control technology Daedalean. On Apr. 1, Daedalean and the European Union Aviation…
MilitaryDrone Likely First to Receive Neuromorphic Computing Under U.S. Air Force Effort The United States Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y. is working to develop neuromorphic computing for possible fielding on a drone in the next five years. AFRL is looking to…
Air TaxiThe Skyport – April 30, 2020 We have a new acronym to add to the list: eVTOLs, UAM, AAM, and now — courtesy of the U.S. Air Force — ORBs. Not only do we have hundreds of vehicle designs…
Embedded AvionicsU.S. Navy Requests Increase for Development of MQ-4C Triton SIGINT Package The United States Navy fiscal 2021 budget requests an increase for the development of the Integrated Functional Capability-4 (IFC-4) signals intelligence (SIGINT) package aboard the service's Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton reconnaissance drone.…
CommercialBoeing 737 MAX Certification Flight Waiting on Software Validation A certification flight required to clear the grounding on the 737 MAX is awaiting software validation, with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun anticipating a third quarter return to service, according to the company’s…
Air TaxiConsortium Forming in Canada to Promote Commercialization of Drones, Air Taxis With partners across government, academia, industry and the investing community, the Canadian Air Mobility Consortium plans to lay the foundations for advanced air mobility across the nation, including drone delivery and passenger/cargo…
Air TaxiThrough Agility Prime, Air Force Commits to Commercial Success of Air Taxis During the Agility Prime virtual kickoff event, speakers from across NASA, the U.S. Air Force, the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration underlined the military and economic importance of U.S.…