Europe’s aviation safety agency on June 30 issued a proposed regulatory framework for operations of new vertical takeoff and landing-capable aircraft over cities.
Guardian Agriculture, a U.S. startup developing an autonomous crop protection aircraft, has secured a multimillion-dollar partnership with Wilbur-Ellis, a manufacturer of agriculture products and chemicals.
Australian regional airline Skytrans has partnered with local startup Stralis Aircraft to convert a 19-seat Beech 1900D turboprop to hydrogen-electric propulsion for flight trials in 2025.
China’s Duofo Group has acquired Italian ultralight helicopter manufacturer Fama Helicopters with the goal of expanding into uncrewed aircraft and electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.
OneWeb, in partnership with the European Space Agency and UK Space Agency, says it demonstrated a 5G link between low Earth orbit satellites, a geostationary satellite and a mobile ground terminal on June 28.
Korea Aerospace Industries is to build a subscale model of a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi for flight testing by 2024 as a precursor of a full-size vehicle that would enable the company to participate in the Seoul government’s push to commercialize urban air mobility beginning in 2025.
Startup launch company Relativity Space has signed a multiyear, multiflight launch services agreement with OneWeb to deliver its next-generation broadband satellites into orbit beginning in 2025.
NASA has launched its hunt for a large-scale experimental aircraft to demonstrate the airframe configuration and technologies for a sustainable single-aisle-class airliner that could enter service by the mid-2030s.
After disruptions and delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Bye Aerospace and the FAA are finalizing certification plans for the eFlyer 2 electric trainer, keeping the company on course to have the first electric aircraft certified under Part 23 Amendment 64 airworthiness regulations.
