German startup Nex Aero has taken the wraps off plans to develop a longer range electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi powered by gaseous hydrogen and fuel cells.
Australia’s aviation regulator has outlined a long-term vision for the integration of drones and air taxis into the country’s aviation system, envisioning highly automated advanced air mobility by the mid-2030s.
Iris Automation and Sagetech Avionics have partnered to bring cooperative and noncooperative traffic detection and collision avoidance capabilities to drones operating beyond visual line of sight.
Overair is using prepreg carbon fiber from Toray Composite Materials to build the full-scale prototype of its Butterfly tilt-rotor electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
The AeroDelft student team from Delft Technical University, the Netherlands, has flown a subscale prototype under its Project Phoenix to convert a light general aviation aircraft to liquid-hydrogen propulsion.
Safran has been quietly flight-testing its Silvercrest business jet engine, hoping for renewed interest in the midsize segment, despite the loss of both its customers in 2017 and 2019.
Daher, the French-based maker of TBM turboprops and the Kodiak 100 utility aircraft, closed July 1 on Triumph Group’s 400,000-ft.² metallic and composite aerostructures facility in Stuart, Florida, a move that expands its U.S. industrial presence.
“China poses a far more complex and pervasive threat to businesses than even most sophisticated company leaders realize,” FBI Director Chris Wray said.
Daher, the French-based maker of TBM turboprops and the Kodiak 100 utility aircraft, has purchased Triumph Group’s metallic and composite aerostructures facility in Stuart, Florida.
The Biden Administration has picked Phillip Washington, head of Denver International Airport and an experienced transportation official, to lead the Federal Aviation Administration.
Vertical Aerospace has partnered with Taiwan’s E-One Moli Energy to supply lithium-ion battery cells for its VX4 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.