AI & AutonomyMerlin To Acquire EpiSci In Hookup Of AI Pilot Startups To Offer Complete Solution - June 13 Merlin on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire fellow startup EpiSci in a deal that would combine complementary autonomous capabilities to offer a full-stack solution for artificial intelligence-piloted military aircraft. Merlin…
Editor's NoteAV Successfully Flight Tests JUMP 20 VTOL UAS With A Heavy Fuel Engine ARLINGTON, Va., June 18, 2024 – AeroVironment (AV) successfully demonstrated its JUMP® 20 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) with a heavy fuel engine. The higher horsepower and lower fuel burn rate provided by…
Air TaxiHelicopter Operator Teams with Airbus To Prepare eVTOL Air Services - AIN, June 6 Avincis, a European helicopter operator, signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus to develop plans for eVTOl aircraft operations, AIN reported. Avincis currently operates 60 Airbus rotorcraft as par of its 200…
Advanced TechnologyWorld’s first in-flight study of commercial aircraft using 100% sustainable aviation fuel show significant non-CO2 emission reductions Airbus - Berlin, 6 June 2024 - Results from the world's first in-flight study of the impact of using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on both engines of a commercial aircraft show…
ConnectivityFLYHT Receives STC Certification for the AFIRS Edge(TM) on Boeing 737 NG Aircraft CALGARY, AB/ June 11, 2024 / FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. ("FLYHT" or the "Company") (TSXV:FLY)(OTCQX:FLYLF) today announced that Transport Canada has issued FLYHT a Supplemental Type Certificate ("STC") for the flange version…
MilitaryGE Nabs New Army Contract For T700 Engines Worth More Than $1.1 Billion The Army on June 12 awarded General Electric a contract for T700 aircraft engines worth more than $1.1 billion. Work on the new production deal is expected to be completed by June…
AI & AutonomyMerlin Labs Says $105 Million C-130J Advanced Automation Contract Stepping Stone for Other SOF Aircraft Boston’s Merlin Labs, Inc. said on June 12 that it has received a $105 million contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to provide advanced automation for the Air Force C-130J airlifter by…
AI & AutonomyJoby Aviation Acquires Xwing’s Autonomy Division, Adding To Defense Work Joby Aviation, which is developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as an air taxi service, on Tuesday said it has acquired the autonomy division of Xwing, a small company…