Air TaxiNASA Conducts eVTOL Crash Test Just before the holidays, NASA researchers conducted a crash test of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. More than 200 channels of data gathered will aid researchers in understanding how…
Air TaxiAutoFlight Releases Test Flight Footage of Its Second Proof-of-Concept eVTOL The company AutoFlight, electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer, released a new video of its Prosperity I vehicle’s full-scale, proof-of-concept test flight last week. Mark Henning, Managing Director of AutoFlight…
Air TaxiSavback Helicopters Becomes Exclusive Regional Distributor of Dufour Aerospace eVTOLs Swiss eVTOL developer Dufour Aerospace is partnering with Sweden-based Savback Helicopters: Dufour’s Aero3 aircraft will now be exclusively distributed by Savback in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. Savback offers expertise in…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Reveals Mini-CNI System with JADC2 Capabilities for Vertical Lift Platforms Northrop Grumman recently demonstrated its Mini-Communications, Navigation, and Identification (CNI) system with open architecture and in-flight connectivity (IFC) capabilities for vertical lift platforms. The Mini CNI system is designed particularly to enable…
Embedded AvionicsCollins Aerospace Looks to Future Vertical Lift as Opportunity for Vehicle Management Computer NASHVILLE — Representatives of Collins Aerospace Systems believe that the company's Vehicle Management Computer may benefit the Army Future Vertical Lift program, the company said during the Army Aviation Association of America's…
MilitaryUS Military's Vertical Lift Plans Necessitate More Advanced Drones Aside from developing a revolutionary new family of rotorcraft, the U.S. Army’s ongoing Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program includes building a next-generation unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that will fly in formation with…