AI & AutonomyVerizon 5G Enables Near-Real-Time Object Detection for Drones A collaboration between Easy Aerial, Verizon, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) has demonstrated the use of Verizon 5G Edge and AWS Wavelength to enable near-real-time object detection for drones. The Easy Guard…
Air TaxiACG Provides Up To $1B in Financing For Volocopter Customers ACG (Aviation Capital Group) has agreed to coordinate with urban air mobility (UAM) company Volocopter to develop financing solutions to enable Volocopter’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) sales once its aircraft…
Air TaxiAgility Prime Awards Phase III Contract to eSTOL Company Electra Next generation aerospace company Electra.aero was awarded a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The contract will support the continued development of Electra’s eSTOL…
UnmannedWingcopter to Provide Cargo Drones for Delivery Operations in Peru Wingcopter, a German drone manufacturer, has partnered with UAV del Peru (a subsidiary of Latin American holding UAV LATAM) to provide and deploy its cargo drones for delivery operations in Peru. UAV…
Electrification and SustainabilityBoeing Purchases 2 Million Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Boeing signed a supply agreement with EPIC Fuels for 2 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the largest purchase of SAF from an airframer to date. The fuel blend—30% SAF, 70%…
ATM ModernizationNorth Atlantic Track System Policy to Change Below 33,000 Feet Next Month Operators flying at or below FL330 (33,000 feet) between Europe and North America will be able to file flight plans outside of the North Atlantic Organized Track Structure (OTS) system starting March…
CommercialAirbus VP of Research & Technology Talks Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Hydrogen By the end of 2021, for all customers receiving aircraft from Airbus’s final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) was incorporated in the delivery process. “In the future, we’re…
CommercialFrontier and Spirit Airlines Reach Merger Agreement to Become Fifth Largest US Airline Frontier and Spirit Airlines have reached a definitive merger agreement under which the two companies will combine—if approved by regulators—to establish the fifth largest airline in the U.S. The two low-cost carriers…