The Paris region, Groupe ADP, Air France-KLM and Airbus are launching a call for expressions of interest to explore the opportunities generated by hydrogen in Paris airports with the aim to decarbonize air transport activities. Continue reading
Joby Aviation Releases Video of Air Taxi Prototype in Flight
Joby Aviation has spent the last 10 years developing a quiet, all-electric aircraft that can take off and land vertically. Now with more than 1,000 test flights behind us, they are sharing footage of it for the first time. Continue reading
New Search-And-Rescue Drone is ‘Find My iPhone’ with Wings
To support search-and-rescue efforts, one group of innovators in Europe has succeeded in harnessing the power of drones, AI, and smartphones, all in one novel combination. Their idea is to use a single drone as a moving cellular base station, which can do large sweeps over disaster areas and locate survivors using signals from their phones. Continue reading
AirAsia Launches Urban Drone Delivery Sandbox
Front row: Dzuleira Abu Bakar, MaGIC CEO with Pete Chareonwongsak, Teleport CEO at the MOU ceremony. Back row from left: Ir Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir, Secretary General, Mosti, Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation and Tony Fernandes, CEO of AirAsia Group
Teleport, the logistics venture of airasia Digital, has partnered with Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC), the Lead Secretariat of the National Technology and Innovation Sandbox (NTIS), to launch the Urban Drone Delivery Sandbox and develop a long-term viability of urban drone delivery service. Continue reading
XAG Says Drones Could Beat Locust Swarms at Night
As African countries are getting prepared for the imminent locust crisis, the smart agtech company XAG has proposed that agricultural drones, through more targeted night spraying application, can strongly support the current ground and aerial control measures. Continue reading
American Aerospace Completes BVLOS UAS Pipeline Patrol Operation for NASA
AATI ISR’s AiRanger, formerly known as the Resolute Eagle
American Aerospace Technology Inc’s AiRanger (formerly the Resolute Eagle) unmanned aircraft system (UAS/drone) successfully completed a demonstration flight on February 25 as part of NASA’s Systems Integration and Operationalization (SIO) activities. Continue reading
LiquidPiston Gets US Air Force Contract to Develop X-Engine
LiquidPiston, Inc., a developer of advanced rotary internal combustion engines, has announced the adaptation of its X-Engine technology for the United States Air Force to use in unmanned aerial systems (UAS) as well as “orbs” – urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles designed to carry people and cargo around. Continue reading
Nordic Unmanned Raises Capital for Acquisitions
Knut Roar Wiig alongside the CAMCOPTER S-100
Nordic Unmanned, a Norway-based provider of unmanned systems and services, announced that it has carried out a private placement of NOK 100 million to pursue acquisitions. Continue reading