With wildfires raging across Europe, German aerospace center DLR has announced the winners of a university challenge to design an optimized fleet of firefighting aircraft, with first place going to a team from the University of Stuttgart and its hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing design.
A survey of Boeing’s Organization Designation Authorization found some encouraging signs, but also significant concerns related to internal pressure to minimize safety issues.
Ottawa and Berlin have committed to a Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance to boost investment, production and transatlantic trade in hydrogen, with a goal to export clean hydrogen from Canada to Germany as soon as 2025.
After successfully completing its first hover test in July, AIR ONE, the inaugural eVTOL vehicle of Israeli personal air mobility start-up, AIR, made an appearance at this year’s EAA Airventure Oshkosh.
Business and general aviation avionics sales totaled $708.7 million during the second quarter (Q2) of 2022, bringing sales during the first half of the year to more than $1.34 billion, according to a survey by the Aircraft Electronics Association.
You can imagine the frustration of Airbus’ engineers. Just hours before the company’s Zephyr high-altitude pseudo-satellite looked set to break a 60-year-old flight-duration record, the solar-powered uncrewed aircraft system was lost.
China’s EHang is banking on a post-pandemic recovery in tourism to fuel demand for its autonomous air vehicles and services and is talking to local governments about setting up operating centers in different regions once its EH216S electric air taxi has been certified.
As it prepares for the Atlantic hurricane season, utility Florida Power & Light has introduced a first-of-its-kind large uncrewed aircraft that will be able to survey the electric grid across the state to detect storm damage and speed repairs.
Skyports is challenging misconceptions about the development and operation of vertiports as the UK company closes a $26.1 million Series B funding round intended to consolidate its position as a leader in the advanced air mobility infrastructure market.
Textron has restarted work on the Nexus electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi but moved the program from Bell to a new unit within its eAviation business segment focused on sustainable flight.
Wheels Up posted record revenue but an increase in net losses during the second quarter (Q2) in 2022, while officials say the private aviation provider expects to turn profitable in 2024.
With the ambition of becoming a midtier aerospace and defense player, AIRO Holdings Group plans an initial public offering to fund its entry into the electric air mobility market.
Boeing company Aurora Flight Sciences has partnered with the University of California San Diego to develop tools to automate the design of electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles under a NASA University Leadership Initiative project.
As part of its Project Crimson research effort, the U.S. Army’s Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center is looking for a drone to quickly deliver blood to wounded service members during times when medical evacuation is not possible.
