The Navy for years has talked about the absurdity of using an MH-60 to deliver a few pounds of replacement parts and has now moved to fund a large cargo drone.
AutoFlight has secured a 157 million yuan order for 12 CarryAll uncrewed and Prosperity passenger eVTOL aircraft from Hanyang Investment Development Group.
Automated flight systems developer Merlin is partnering with cargo carrier Quikjet Airlines to assess and correlate pilot fatigue with inflight performance.
A full-scale electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft belonging to Supernal is undergoing ground testing at Mojave Air & Space Port in California.
The Global Emergency Response Flyer Competition aims to spur development of uncrewed emergency response aircraft that are safe, robust and road portable.
The dilemma: How do you integrate a new class of aircraft when there are no existing powered-lift pilots, and no established training curricula to certify them?