MilitaryFortem’s F700 DroneHunter: Open Architecture Autonomous Drone-to-Drone Combat Fortem Technologies released a new autonomous counter-drone solution it calls the F700 DroneHunter: a drone that can be mounted with a variety of countermeaures to protect refineries, stadiums and other critical infrastructure…
ConnectivityOneWeb Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy OneWeb filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday, March 27. The company has been one of the standard-bearers in the Low-Earth Orbit…
Business & GAUnclear What Happens After DHS Ends 757 Cyber Testing Last month, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) decided to end the Aviation Cyber Initiative’s (ACI) computer vulnerability testing of a Boeing 757-200 at the Federal…
Air TaxiGarmin Adapting G3X Touch Avionics Suite for Bye Aerospace’s Electric Trainer Bye Aerospace is working with Garmin to adapt its G3X Touch avionics suite for use with the all-electric eFlyer 2, a two-seat aircraft the company hopes will be the first FAA-certified electric…
Air TaxiVoom Ceases Operations (Mostly) Due to COVID-19, Airbus Declares Victory Airbus’ urban air mobility operations company, Voom, has ceased operating, CEO Clément Monnet said in a LinkedIn post, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as its cause of death, though he mentioned challenges associated…
Air TaxiOPINION: Five Predictions for the Decade of the Drone Below is an opinion piece by Ben Marcus, co-founder and chairman of AirMap, a solutions provider for unmanned airspace and fleet management. The drone industry has come a long way in the…
CommercialCan This New Software Tool Remove Floppy Disks From Aircraft Data Loading? A new software configuration management and distribution tool, Loadstar Server Enterprise 3 (LSE 3), has the potential to eliminate the use of floppy disks and other physical media still being used by…
Air TaxiShould Aerospace Be Scared by Hyundai's Move into Urban Air Mobility? South Korean automaker Hyundai continues to snap up talent for its urban air mobility (UAM) division, hiring Michael Whitaker, former deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, as its global head of…