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EHang Gets Long-term Trial Flight Permit Across Austria National Airspace

The EH216 first flight took place in November 2020 in St. Martin im Innkreis, Upper Austria

EHang Holdings Limited  achieved a significant milestone on the path to offering Urban Air Mobility services worldwide.  On December 9, the Civil Aviation Authority of Austria issued a trial flight permit for the EH216 passenger-grade AAV. Continue reading →

Iris Automation Closes $13M Series B Financing

Iris Automation has closed a successful round of $13 million in Series B venture capital funding. Founded in 2015, Iris Automation is a computer vision technology company pioneering the development of advanced detection systems used to help provide Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) capabilities that enable safe commercial drone operations including scalable Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) missions. Continue reading →

Innov’ATM Deploys UTM System in Busiest Controlled Airspace in Europe

Innov’ATM, the Toulouse-based ATM and UTM specialist, has been chosen by DSNA, the France’s primary Air Navigation Services Provider, as part of the U-Space Together program to implement its UAV traffic management solution on ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE, ORLY and 9 other general aviation airfields covering the major part of Île de France region. Continue reading →

Nazi Germany’s Last Jet Fighter – Argentina 1950

When the war ended, lots of Nazi war crimes suspects and scientific personnel fled to Argentina, welcomed by President Juan Peron’s regime. One was Kurt Tank, one of Germany’s top aircraft designers. With him he carried plans for a last-ditch emergency fighter that had never been built. In Argentina, Peron gave Tank the opportunity to create that last Nazi jet fighter – the Pulqui II. Continue reading →

Simultaneous Two Drone Delivery in 50-mile Roundtrip

In a recent flight, PABLO AIR, a member company of Born2Global Centre, shipped medical supplies to two islands in Korea with two drones. The drones flew from Incheon New Port (management pier) to Yeongheungdo Island and Jawoldo Island, a roundtrip 50-mile journey, in one hour and 20 minutes. Continue reading →