Citing progress with its $25 million Series B private placement, XTI Aircraft is to wind down an unusual crowdfunding campaign that has so far helped support development of its TriFan 600 hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) business aircraft.
Icon Aircraft is cutting jobs and Icon A5 production because of reduced demand and the loss of funding from its Chinese investors—a byproduct of the U.S.-China trade turmoil, Icon’s top executive says.
Participating Unmanned Aircraft Systems Service Providers connect to the flight information management system data exchange via open interfaces to provide the services drone operators need to meet regulatory and operational requirements.
Using a Skyfront multi-rotor drone, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program team completed a 3.87-mi. inspection of Trans-Alaska Pipeline infrastructure without relying on a visual observer to monitor the aircraft.
Icon Aircraft is cutting 200 jobs and production of A5 light sport aircraft to lower costs and improve operational efficiency, the company said Aug. 2.
Hartzell Propeller has received a Supplemental Type Certificate for its new three-blade aluminum Scimitar propeller for Cessna’s A185E/F Skywagon and AgCarryall aircraft.
West Star Aviation has been approved for installation of Winglet Technology’s winglets for the Citation Sovereign at its Grand Junction, Colorado, facility.
Tecnam U.S. has partnered with PistonPower to offer a Tecnam Airframe and Engine Program for all new delivered aircraft and all Tecnam aircraft that are currently in service.
UPS said last month that it had applied to the FAA for a Part 135 air carrier certificate to operate the WakeMed delivery service, which uses the M2 quadcopter supplied by Matternet, of Mountain View, California.
Using computer vision and machine learning, the Zurich-based company is developing an autopilot for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles, helicopters, heavy drones and other aircraft.
Austria’s Schiebel Group has formed a new subsidiary to market its Camcopter S-100 unmanned helicopter in the U.S. and named industry veteran Gretchen West to lead the company.
