The Week in Business Aviation - Mar 06

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Molly McMillin EBACE
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Drone Remote ID Draft Rule Draws 45,000+ Comments

Bill Carey

More than 45,000 respondents have commented on the FAA’s draft regulation for remote identification of drones as of the March 2 deadline.

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Joby To Fly In NASA’s UAM Grand Challenge

Graham Warwick

Startup Joby Aviation will be the only electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) developer to provide a vehicle for flight testing in NASA’s urban air mobility (UAM) Grand Challenge development testing (GC-DT) event this year.

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Wheels Up Acquires Gama Aviation

Molly McMillin

Wheels Up, a private aviation provider, has acquired Gama Aviation, doing business as Gama Aviation Signature and the exclusive operator of Wheels Up’s fleet of King Air and Citation aircraft. 

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Reimagined Autogyro Aims For Premium Mobility Market

Graham Warwick

German startup Fraundorfer Aeronautics is flight testing a technology demonstrator for its Tensor 600X compound gyrocopter, a two-seat personal air vehicle it plans to launch by year’s end.

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Satellite Connectivity Provider SES Mulls Breakup

Michael Bruno

Luxemburg-based SES, which operates and is planning a multi-orbit constellation of satellites including the medium Earth orbit O3b system, will look to spin off its data business with a remaining, restructured company to focus on video services to airliners, ocean liners and the direct-to-home market, executives said March 2.

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GoFly Discussing Future Of Unfinished Personal Flyer Contest

Graham Warwick

The GoFly team is considering its next step after high winds on Feb. 27-29 prevented the final fly-off between personal flying devices competing for a $1 million grand prize. 

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From Joby to fly in NASA’s UAM grand challenge and Bombardier offering high-speed 4G air-to-ground internet coverage to private aviation provider, Wheels Up, acquiring Gama Aviation. 

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