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As General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. continues towards its development goal of earning Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorization from the FAA for its internally developed Detect and Avoid (DAA) system, the company has selected Belgium-based ScioTeq to supply a certified processor and display for its DAA solution. Continue reading
Guardian Agriculture, a developer of electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) systems for commercial-scale sustainable farming – and the first and only eVTOL company with FAA approval to operate commercially nationwide – announced a Series A fundraise of $20 million. Continue reading
uAvionix, a provider of command, navigation, and surveillance technologies for crewed and uncrewed aircraft, announced that it has received FCC approval, coordinated with the FAA, to operate its SkyLink C-Band Command and Control (C2) radios for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations at the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Emerging Technology test site. Continue reading
The most important milestone in the Air Barrow Fuel Cell development project has now been reached. On June 6th, 2023, the drone successfully took off for the first time with hydrogen propulsion. Continue reading
Czech UAV manufacturer Primoco UAV SE executed a Memorandum of understanding with Airbus Defence and Space and its affiliate, Airbus DS Airborne Solutions, on cooperation in the area of unmanned aerial systems. Continue reading
A European aerospace company revealed a prototype for what could be the first hydrogen-fueled supersonic plane in aviation history at the Paris Air Show. Continue reading
The French military has selected Nexter Arrowtech to develop new drones equipped with anti-tank warheads for the army, with a goal to demonstrate the new capability by the end of 2024, the company announced June 19. Continue reading
Czech aerospace company PBS has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ukraine’s Ivchenko-Progress to develop a new engine for unmanned vehicle applications. Continue reading