Air TaxiNASA Awards Electra.aero STTR Contract for eSTOL Aircraft Electra.aero has received a $125,000 small business technology transfer (STTR) contract from NASA to mature its electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft, the company announced in a July 27 press release. …
Air Taxi14 New Partners Added to NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility Project NASA has added 13 new companies and one university as partners on its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project that is researching the integration of air taxis and drones into the national airspace,…
Air TaxiCongress Could Create a Working Group to Address Advanced Air Mobility The Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act could create an interagency working group of over 10 departments and agencies to advance advanced air mobility (AAM) efforts like safety, infrastructure, and federal…
UnmannedNASA and Longbow to Develop ConOps for VA Drone Corridor NASA’s Langley Research Center (LaRC) and the Longbow Group are collaborating on a concept of operations (ConOps) for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) unmanned aerial system (UAS) flight corridors in Virginia…
AI & AutonomyNASA’s Mars Helicopter Completes Second Flight Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars helicopter, completed a second flight on the red planet on April 22 with new challenges including a higher maximum altitude, longer flight duration, and added sideways movement, according to…
AI & AutonomyNASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Achieves Historic First Flight on Mars NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter made history on April 19 completing the first powered flight on Mars, according to an announcement from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) who confirmed the flight at 6:46…
AI & AutonomyNASA Prepares for Next Step in Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Flight Demonstration NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has survived as a spacecraft and now its team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is working on its transition into its aircraft duties that could lead it…
UnmannedNASA’s Ingenuity Could Be First Aircraft to Fly on Mars On Feb. 18 NASA landed the Perseverance rover on Mars. Inside the belly of Perseverance sits Ingenuity, a four-pound (1.5 pounds on Mars) rotorcraft technology demonstrator that will attempt to fly in…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - February 21, 2021 Check out the Feb. 21 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
RegulationFAA, NASA UAS Demonstrations Mark End of UTM Pilot Program The second phase of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management pilot program (UTM/UPP) ended with testing demonstrations in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)…