Air TaxiBell Expands Air Taxi Play: AerOS, Digital Infrastructure and All-Electric Nexus ARLINGTON, Texas — Bell has been showing off its ‘Nexus’ hybrid-electric air taxi and ‘APT-70’ tail-sitting cargo drone at industry events for quite a while, but the company is no longer content with…
Business & GAFlytX, Virtual AI Assistant in Development for Future Business Jet Cockpits TOULOUSE, France – The research and development engineering division of Thales is working on a version of their touchscreen FlytX avionics suite with an artificial intelligence virtual pilot assistant for future business…
Air TaxiHoneywell Invests, Partners with Swiss Autonomy Startup Daedalean.AI Honeywell has invested in and signed a technological partnership with Swiss startup Daedalean.ai to develop systems for autonomous takeoff and landing, GPS-independent navigation and collision avoidance for general aviation (GA) and electrical…
Air TaxiAirbus Wayfinder Is Building Autonomy for Urban Air Mobility and Single-Pilot Operations Airbus is expanding its foray into new autonomy for aircraft, hoping to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to build certifiable systems for both urban air mobility and — eventually — single-pilot…
MilitaryTest Aircraft for Airpower Teaming System Flies for First Time, Boeing Australia Says Boeing Australia announced the first flight of subscale test aircraft for its Airpower Teaming System (ATS) this week. "We successfully achieved our first autonomous teamed flights using high-performance jets as test beds…
Unmanned‘Detecting’ the Path to BVLOS Operations for Commercial Drones in US Airspace The full commercial potential of drones in civilian airspace in the United States is, for the moment, locked, as drones are unable to fly beyond their operator’s visual line of sight (BVLOS),…
ConnectivityQatar Airways Talks AI, IFEC and Satellites Qatar Airways, which was only launched in 1997, is one of the world’s fastest growing airlines and a pioneer in terms of in-flight connectivity (IFC). I recently caught up with Ashi Hoseini,…
ConnectivityThe Global Connected Aircraft Summit 2019: The Definitive Preview When GCAS was launched in 2012, the IFC landscape was dramatically different. Only a few airlines had launched basic services and for many it was still a pipe dream. Today, with most…
ConnectivityAIX 2019: Airlines Seek a Connected Aircraft Digital Sweet Spot HAMBURG, Germany — Airlines must move faster in the digital world if they are to be successful. This was one of the key takeaways from the 2019 Aircraft Interior Expo's (AIX) "Passenger…
MilitaryAir Force Looks to Field ‘Skyborg’ AI Concept by 2023 The Air Force Research Laboratory is aiming to field the new prototype autonomous, unmanned combat air vehicle dubbed “Skyborg” by 2023, the service said March 27. Air Force Assistant Secretary for Acquisition,…