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NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign is working alongside the Federal Aviation Administration to integrate innovative operational use cases for Urban Air Mobility vehicles, or UAM for short, into the national airspace system, including air taxis and cargo delivery vehicles. The project will test industry provided vehicles to see how the designs could safely interact with other air traffic in the future. Continue reading
Coventry will become home to the world’s first electric ‘Urban Air Port’ after it was announced that Urban Air Port Air-One has been selected as a winner of the UK government’s Future Flight Challenge.
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. a drone systems and solutions provider, announced the Company has agreed to acquire MicaSense, Inc. from Parrot, Europe’s leading drone group, in a combined cash and stock transaction valued at $23 million. Continue reading
AE Industrial Partners, LP, a private equity firm specializing in Aerospace, Defense & Government Services, Power Generation, and Specialty Industrial markets, announced that it has acquired UAV Factory, a global player in the tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) technology markets. Continue reading
The Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Region, in support of NORAD, positively identified and tracked two Tu-142 Russian maritime patrol aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on January 25th, 2021. Continue reading
2020 celebrated the 17th edition of Galileo Masters, featuring seven challenges presented by first-class partners and 17 EC Galileo Prizes powered by the European Commission (EC), with UAV’s winning in three of the categories. Continue reading
Before the A380, Lockheed Martin had an idea for a double checker super transport plane. An insane aircraft designed in 1996 that was bigger than a 747, carried more passengers than an A380, and would have dominated the skies. Continue reading
Aerovel, makers of Flexrotor, an advanced Group 2 unmanned aerial system (UAS) with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), has announced strong reliability results for its latest Flexrotor variant. In demonstrations conducted for SOCOM (United States Special Operations Command) missions, Aerovel demonstrated over 150 cycles on the latest Flexrotor variant. Continue reading