AI & AutonomyAirbus UpNext and Acubed Test New Technologies for Pilot Assistance A wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus, called Airbus UpNext, announced recently that it has started testing new pilot assistance technologies with an A350-1000 test aircraft. Automated emergency diversion in cruise, automatic landing,…
MilitaryVolansi Demonstrates Fully Autonomous Drone Delivery with Navy and Coast Guard The Silicon Valley-based drone delivery company Volansi completed the first-ever completely autonomous maritime drone delivery demonstration with the Navy and Coast Guard on July 18 near Key West, Florida, Will Roper, Volansi…
AI & AutonomyWill Electric Air Taxis Fly Themselves? As electric air taxi vehicle developers progress towards certification and deployment the industry is starting to ask itself who will pilot these aircraft. Many companies are choosing to design piloted aircraft while…
Air TaxiHoneywell Launches New Cooling System, Satcom for Drones and UAM Autonomy Products Following Honeywell’s announcement of its new urban air mobility and UAS business unit, the company announced new products designed specifically for these systems: a lightweight vapor cooling solution, a satellite communications offering…
Air TaxiAir Force May Spend 'Hundreds of Millions' on Electric Air Taxis By 2025 The Air Force may spend hundreds of millions on development and procurement of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft before 2025, according to officials behind Agility Prime. That project, which officially…
Air TaxiSkyryse Unveils Autonomous Helicopter for Urban Air Mobility, Targets Economics of Commuter Cars In Los Angeles, California, Skyryse demonstrated what it calls the “world’s first fully autonomous end to end flight” of an FAA-approved helicopter. The company also unveiled its "flight stack," which it…
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…
CommercialExperiencing Uber's Vision for Urban Air Mobility at Uber Elevate Take a ride with Uber Elevate, traveling 47 miles over congested roads in under 10 minutes total. Turn to your right, and you will see Oakland's Oracle Arena dropping away, the site…
CommercialAurora's Solar-Powered UAS Can 'Fly Indefinitely' Boeing-owned Aurora Flight Sciences’ new Odysseus unmanned aircraft system (UAS) “can effectively fly indefinitely,” according to the company, capable of months-long flights as it gathers data for climate research. The Odysseus is…