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Lufthansa Aviation Training to Train Pilots for Lilium Jet

Lilium, the Munich-based aviation company developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) for regional air mobility, announced an industry-first partnership with Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT, member of the Lufthansa Group). Together, Lilium and Lufthansa Aviation Training will develop a tailor made Pilot Sourcing and Training program to qualify pilots to fly the Lilium Jet. Continue reading →

Travis AFB, Easy Aerial Partner for Autonomous Drone-Based Security Operations

The 60th Air Mobility Wing, 60th Security Forces Squadron, in conjunction with Easy Aerial, a commercial provider of autonomous drone-based monitoring solutions, has developed and deployed the first automated drone-based monitoring and perimeter security system for a United States Air Force (USAF) installation. Continue reading →

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 →