Air TaxiIndustry-Led Initiative Supports Advanced Air Mobility in Australia A collaboration of aviation organizations and Australian businesses called Greenbird, working to support advanced air mobility, just added its 15th ecosystem partner this week. Greenbird is led by aviation consulting firm AVISTRA,…
Air TaxiVertical Aerospace Chooses Molicel to Provide Battery Cells for the VX4 eVTOL Lithium-ion cell manufacturer Molicel was recently chosen by Vertical Aerospace to supply battery cells for the VX4 air taxi. Vertical is designing and manufacturing the VX4, its electric vertical take-off and landing…
Air TaxiFull-Scale AIR ONE eVTOL Prototype Performs Its First Hover Flight AIR successfully completed the first hover test of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) prototype, according to an announcement from the company this week. The initial flight took place on June…
Air TaxiSkyfly Announces New eVTOL Aircraft, Plans to Begin Production in 2024 U.K.-based aerospace company Skyfly has announced the launch of the development program for its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the Axe, which is now available for pre-orders. The vehicle is…
Air TaxiLilium Selects L3Harris Extra Light Data Recorder for eVTOL Aircraft Lilium, developer of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, recently confirmed its selection of L3Harris to supply extra light data recorders for the Lilium Jet. The standard version of the light…
UnmannedRegulations for Commercial Drone Operations Advance for 2022 and Beyond In the U.S. alone, there are more than 314,000 registered commercial drones. In comparison, only 42,000 commercial drones were registered in the U.S. in 2016. As these numbers continue to grow…
UnmannedPrecision Integrated Systems Provides Unmanned Aircraft Services for Surveillance, Wildfire Management, and Recon Avionics recently spoke with representatives from Precision, a company that provides unmanned aircraft system (UAS) services to government agencies. Precision’s team has operated UAS for the Department of the Interior (DOI) since…
AI & AutonomyIris Automation and Sagetech Avionics Combine Technology to Enable Collision Avoidance for Drones A pioneer of collision avoidance technology, Iris Automation has just announced a partnership with Sagetech Avionics that will offer uncrewed aircraft a comprehensive air risk mitigation solution. Sagetech specializes in developing avionics…