Air TaxiWill eVTOLs Find a Place in Emergency Response? Advocates for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are looking towards emergency response as an early use case for this new technology to help build public acceptance as a precursor to…
Editor's NoteVancouver Eyes Development of Early eVTOL Infrastructure and Policy The Canadian Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM), a nonprofit promoting the sustainable, beneficial use of eVTOL aircraft and drones throughout the Vancouver region, released a white paper exploring the path to Vancouver’s potential…
Air TaxiVolocopter Opens 1,000 Reservations for First Commercial Flights German air taxi developer Volocopter announced at Greentech Festival in Berlin it will take 1,000 reservations to be among the first to fly the aircraft once it is certified and available for…
IIOTVolansi Secures $50 Million Series B for Autonomous VTOL Cargo Delivery Volansi completed a $50 million Series B financing round led by Icon Ventures to continue development of its autonomous vertical takeoff and landing cargo drones. Other participants in the round include Lightspeed…
Editor's NoteSearching for Markets in Autonomous Cargo Delivery There is broad industry agreement that cargo applications of unmanned vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (and drones) will reach market at scale before passenger transport, but companies in the space have different…
UnmannedNew Ghost 4 sUAS from Anduril Offers More Endurance, Autonomy and Teaming Capabilities Anduril Industries this week released Ghost 4, the latest iteration of its small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designed for military and commercial use. The company founder Palmer Luckey, describes it simply as…
Air TaxiThe Batteries Behind the Electric Aircraft Revolution It’s no secret that improvements in battery characteristics will define the possible applications and time-to-market of both fixed- and VTOL electric aircraft. Trainers (Pipistrel’s Velis Ectro, Bye Aerospace’s eFlyers) and some small…
Air TaxiFCC Study Supports Using 5 GHz Band for Drone Operations A report submitted to Congress by the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on spectrum allocation for unmanned aircraft recommended proceeding with rulemaking to enable the use of the 5030-5091 MHz band…
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