Aerospace

The FAA has authorized Zipline International to perform beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights of its cargo drones.

The milestone follows completion of an industrial program review by Lilium and Aciturri in late August.

The UK Royal Air Force is closing in on a first early iteration of an autonomous collaborative platform capability.

A subsidiary of Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng, AeroHT is developing the X3, a two-seat road vehicle with a folding multirotor flight propulsion system.

Lockheed Martin suggests Black Hawk assembly in Gosport, England, to meet UK’s New Medium Helicopter need.

Austria’s CycloTech has begun outdoor flight tests of its CycloRotor propulsion technology demonstrator.

The industry’s concept for managing the range and endurance of battery-electric aircraft is outlined in a report.

The panel discussion was held at the Air Charter Expo on Sept. 12.

The biggest gainer on the week was Surf Air Mobility, which shot up 38% to close the week at $2.32.

Armasuisse, the Swiss Federal Office of Defense Procurement, has engaged Switzerland’s Dufour Aerospace to study a smaller version of its Aero2 eVTOL.

The deal is a step toward Skyloom of Broomfield, Colorado, setting up a laser communication network based on SkyCompass-1.

The company already has invested more than $300 million in Boone County and employs 340 Kentucky workers.

The helicopter charter market in the UK is booming.

Airbus and ZeroAvia have agreed to collaborate on certification approaches for hydrogen power systems and work together on key technologies.

Joby’s S4 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft are scheduled to begin rolling off the final assembly line at Dayton International Airport in 2025.

AVIC's AR300 bears a close resemblance to the U.S. Lift Aircraft Hexa ultralight eVTOL vehicle, although there are some notable design differences.

First-response eVTOL; Stop-fold tiltrotor; Hydrogen-electric milestone; Offshore drone delivery

The system could provide the range and payload of larger combustion-engine-powered UAVs without the noise, vibration and emissions.

The plans would expand Wing’s operating bases, or “nests,” from three to as many as 25 across the metroplex.

The agreement is for up to 50 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

EUROPEAN REGIONS AIRLINE ASSOCIATION (ERA) added Barfield Precision Electronics, Atlanta as new supplier member.

CPaT was selected by VoePass to provide ATR aircraft systems courses.

Jennifer Ioannidou to Chief Product Officer of flydocs, UK.

SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER and CUBERG agreed to jointly develop an aviation energy storage system for future full electric and hybrid aircraft.

Stuttgart-based H2Fly completed four flights of its HY4 testbed aircraft from Maribor, Slovenia, in September.