Trend: Electrification & Sustainability

What Role Could Orbs Play in Future Military Operations?

If the military were to conduct a mission in response to a hurricane on an island nation, it has to consider the logistics of what equipment it can bring with […]

Three Electric Aircraft Developers Make Program Milestones to End 2020

While Uber Elevate’s acquisition by Joby Aviation and Joby’s subsequent military airworthiness approval dominated aviation industry and mainstream technology headlines last week, three other companies developing electric and hybrid-electric aircraft–Ampaire, […]

Future of Aerospace Startups Q&A with Starburst Aerospace CEO

The aerospace industry is not short on innovation, however, turning a small startup into a breakthrough company in an industry this large and diverse is challenging. Francois Chopard, CEO of […]

Pegasus Aerospace is Developing a New Business Jet with Vertical Takeoff Capability in South Africa

Pegasus Universal Aerospace is advancing development of its next-generation vertical takeoff and landing business jet at its Johannesburg-based South Africa facility, where the company’s founders hope to disrupt the global […]

D3 Technologies Looks to Fill Air Traffic Management Gap in UAM

D3 Technologies wants to fill a gap in the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) space: air traffic management. Using ground modules, avionics, transceivers, and sensor suites, the D3 Air Vehicle Control […]

How Microsoft Azure Will Enable Volocopter’s VoloIQ to Launch UAM Operations Globally

By selecting Microsoft Azure as its core digital urban air mobility (UAM) operations cloud computing infrastructure, Volocopter has given its new VoloIQ platform the ability to establish low altitude electric […]

Will eVTOLs Find a Place in Emergency Response?

Advocates for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are looking towards emergency response as an early use case for this new technology to help build public acceptance as a […]

Multicopters Feasible for Emergency Air Medical Operations in Europe, New Study Says

A new study found that using piloted multicopters in air rescue operations is feasible and could improve emergency medical services, especially in hard to reach places. The study, Multicopter in […]

Understanding Infrastructure Challenges for Urban Air Mobility Development in the US

Large investments have been made into the development of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft over the past few years, however, the less flashy topic of infrastructure is often […]

Universal Hydrogen Eyes Disruptive New Concept to Power Turboprop Aircraft by Mid 2020s

Distribution of hydrogen power to regional turboprop aircraft could become a reality by the mid 2020s, according to a disruptive new California-based green startup that is already talking to airlines […]