Air TaxiAirbus Chooses Motors From MAGicALL to Power Its CityAirbus Airbus announced this week that they have selected California-based electric motor company, MAGicALL, to supply the motors for the CityAirbus NextGen, Airbus’ electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. MAGicALL has worked…
AI & AutonomyEmbraer, Eve, and Daedalean Test Systems for Autonomous Flight Embraer and its subsidiary Eve recently completed a series of flights to test new autonomous system technologies, collecting data via piloted helicopters for Embraer’s Autonomous Systems project (Project EASy). Partners that contributed…
ATM ModernizationBelgian UTM Company Unifly Receives €10M in Investments Unifly, a Belgium-based UTM (unmanned traffic management) system provider, announced last week that they received €10 million in investments from Terra Drone Corporation and Japanese government fund JOIN. Unifly was founded in…
Air TaxiAirbus is Leading a New Initiative for Future Urban Air Mobility in Germany Airbus announced its new Air Mobility Initiative this week that includes Red Cross, Munich Airport, Telekom, Droniq, and several others. The initiative includes a series of research projects that began in January,…
Air TaxiASKA Targets 2026 Commercial Launch of “Drive and Fly” eVTOL The California-based company ASKA is developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft with “drive and fly” capabilities. The team expects to have a full-scale demonstrator ready to begin flight testing…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon Partners with Universities to Develop Skyler Radar Raytheon Intelligence & Space is collaborating with multiple universities to conduct research related to drone traffic management and to further develop its weather-sensing Skyler radar technology. Mike Dubois, technical program manager for…
Business & GAStakeholders Urge Congress to Pass Sustainable Skies Act On April 22, the National Business Aviation Association, along with about 80 stakeholders in the aviation industry, put forth a letter asking Congress to pass the Sustainable Skies Act. This legislation includes…
Business & GAEmbraer Reports Net Loss, 14 Deliveries in First Quarter This week, Embraer reported its earnings results for the first quarter of 2022. Although revenues were down 26% in comparison with the same period in 2021, the reported consolidated gross margin—20.1%—showed an…