ConnectivityU.S. Space Force Working with U.K. on Small Satellites, Space Deterrence, SATCOM, Launch The U.S. Space Force is working with the United Kingdom on military space projects and looking into further areas of cooperation. Areas of interest include small satellites, space deterrence and reduction of…
Air TaxiFive Companies and NUAIR Begin Work on UTM Contingency Management A team of companies received $1.6 million from the Federal Aviation Administration to build and test their Contingency Management Platform at the New York Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site at Griffiss…
Air TaxiBreaking Down the FAA’s V1.0 ConOps for Urban Air Mobility The Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen office recently published its V1.0 Concept of Operations for urban air mobility, developed in collaboration with NASA and industry. The document, an initial communication after discussions with…
ATM ModernizationFAA Partners with Swiss Authority to Advance, Harmonize Drone Integration Efforts The Federal Aviation Administration signed an agreement to work with the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) on standards surrounding the safe use and integration of unmanned aircraft into civilian airspace,…
Air TaxiTalking UTM and UAM With Robert Hammett, CEO of OneSky Systems As interested parties across the drone and air taxi space eagerly await the widespread implementation of unmanned traffic management (UTM) and related enabling technologies such as remote ID, Robert Hammett, CEO of…
ConnectivityU.S. Air Force Collaboration with Hypergiant to Provide Satellite Retasking Within Minutes The U.S. Air Force's collaboration with Texas-based Hypergiant Industries is to lead to a Chameleon Constellation of 24 to 36 artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning-enabled cube satellites able to be…
Air TaxiWill Wisk’s Straight-to-Autonomous Air Taxi Strategy Pay Off? July 1 marked the one-year anniversary of Wisk, an urban air mobility company formed as a joint venture between Boeing and Kitty Hawk, though it wasn’t revealed to the public until last…
CommercialUK Prime Minister: Britain Should Develop World’s First Net Zero Long-Haul Passenger Jet UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a speech on June 30 challenged the British aerospace industry to produce the world’s first “net zero” long-haul passenger plane, with promise that the government will…