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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
