AFWerx

By Ben Goldstein
The Chinese eVTOL industry is robust.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Pyka has unveiled a new, in-development UAV, the DropShip, that is focused on flying military logistics missions, including parachute dropping cargo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup Tidal Flight has been awarded an Air Force AFWERX contract to further develop its hybrid-electric Polaris seaplane.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Startup AIR has received FAA Experimental Airworthiness Certification for its two-seat eVTOL to begin flight testing in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Reliable Robotics and the U.S. Air Force have agreed to develop an Autonomy Government Reference Architecture framework for autonomous collaborative platforms.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
MightyFly has demonstrated autonomous flight, loading and unloading as well as load balancing during a demonstration of its Cento uncrewed logistics aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Funding to help modify a glider to flight test ultraquiet, electric-ducted fans has been received by Whisper Aero .
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Multi-feedstock SAF production tested; Australian e-aircraft programs advance; ZeroAvia to study large hydrogen UAS; Vertiport design mitigates eVTOL downwash.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
The communications satellite has L-band and Ka-band payloads.
Satellites

By Ben Goldstein
The equity round was led by major institutional investors including Blackrock.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Quantum computing challenge winners; Electric aircraft familiarization; Large cargo eVTOL; Zero-emission test arena.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
AFWERX does not have any specific requirements, a program of record, or impending contracts for hybrid eVTOLs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Megawatt hybrid power for U.S. Army, Terrain fingerprints for navigation, Australian eVTOL flies and H3’s 400-kW fuel cell.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Norris Tie launched the Torrance, California-based company in 2019 with seed financing from Y Combinator on a proposal to build a supersonic airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The report was completed in July 2022 but not released publicly until Sept. 30.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The JA1 is a single-person tailsitting electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The flights were meant to show the aircraft could be used for logistics missions in austere environments.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Piasecki Aircraft has conducted the first tethered hover flights of the Ares tilt-duct vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Testing contrail avoidance; Spectrum for UAS control; Electrifying the King Air; Longer-lived batteries.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Founded in 2017, Daytona Beach, Florida-based VerdeGo is already working to certify the 185-kW VH-3.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Ampaire has completed the critical design review for conversion of the Beechcraft King Air to hybrid-electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A Boeing F-15 could become the first U.S. Air Force aircraft to experiment with a podded, boom-equipped air-to-air refueling system after AFWerx contract awards.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Archer appears to be on track to roll out its first conforming Midnight air taxi during the fourth quarter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The quantum-sensor magnetic navigation system was flight-tested on several Boeing C-17s, performing consistently.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Power-dense motors; controls from high flyers; rechargeable thermal battery; in-space refueling port.
Emerging Technologies