AI & AutonomyWisk Aero and Skyports Release Concept of Operations for eVTOL and Vertiport Integration The first partnership between an autonomous eVTOL developer and a vertiport developer-operator in the United States was announced this week. Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Wisk Aero is collaborating…
ATM ModernizationBell’s Unmanned APT Aircraft Demonstrates Ground-Based Detect-and-Avoid Flight Bell Textron recently shared the news that their unmanned Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) aircraft successfully completed a demonstration of ground-based detect-and-avoid (DAA) flight. A subsidiary of Textron Inc., Bell was the first…
ATM ModernizationNUAIR and Sagetech Avionics Partner for Detect-and-Avoid Technology Testing Aerospace technology company Sagetech Avionics and New York-based nonprofit NUAIR created a new partnership to run tests on two of Sagetech’s developments, their Detect and Avoid solutions and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)…
AI & AutonomyIntuVue RDR-84K Radar System Demonstrates Autonomous Detect-and-Avoid Capability Honeywell Aerospace recently put its RDR-84K radar system to the test to demonstrate its autonomous detect-and-avoid capabilities. A drone piloted by the IntuVue RDR-84K radar was able to avoid an unforeseen “intruder”…
Air TaxiBoeing Invests $450 Million in Wisk eVTOL Development Wisk, the eVTOL developer and advanced air mobility (AAM) company, has received $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company. In addition to supporting development of Wisk’s 6th-generation eVTOL aircraft, the investment…
Air TaxiNASA’s Innovation Award Supports Phase II of ATM Optimization Project A new collaboration between GE Aviation, SmartSky Networks, and Mosaic ATM was announced that will connect airborne and cloud-based flight management systems (FMS) for airspace management optimization in addition to enabling low…
Air TaxiFirst FAA Type Certification for Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft Could Come This Year The first advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) could come as soon as this year, Jay Merkle, executive director of the FAA unmanned aircraft systems…