RegulationNew Research Recommends Streamlining Regulations to Enable Drone Operations in the U.S. New research from George Mason University’s Mercatus Center indicates the need for states to create and manage drone routes in order to enable growth of the commercial drone industry in the U.S.…
Air TaxiEve Unveils Full-Size Mock-Up Of Its eVTOL Cabin Eve Holdings revealed a full-sized mock-up of the cabin of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for the first time at the Farnborough Airshow. In another announcement at the airshow…
ATM ModernizationSESAR JU Leads Project for Medical Drone Delivery in Belgium The Belgian Civil Aviation Authority recently authorized a first-of-its-kind beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flight in Antwerp. This was the first BVLOS drone flight over a populated area operating within…
CommercialBoeing Shifts to 2.0 Phase of Smart Networked Cabin Research Project Boeing is moving forward with the second phase of a research project designed to provide networked aircraft cabin components with the ability to send data and information to ground-based airline, maintenance, and…
MilitaryAirbus Secures Flight Management Computers, Vision Systems Suppliers for Eurodrone Airbus Defence and Space has secured two new technology supplier agreements with Kappa Optronics and Saab for Eurodrone, the next generation military unmanned aircraft system (UAS) program that the French manufacturer is…
Artificial IntelligenceMerlin Labs Raises $105 Million In New Funding Round, Announces Software Work On C-130J Autonomous flight technology developer Merlin Labs on Wednesday said that company has raised $105 million in new funding as it continues to build out its three phased—crawl, walk, run—approach to introducing autonomy…
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…
ConnectivitySpirit Airlines Rolls Out New FlytLIVE In-Flight Connectivity Service Spirit Airlines has begun providing in-flight internet services to its passengers across most of its Airbus A320 and A321-operated flights, according to a July 13 announcement. The rollout of in-flight connectivity (IFC)…