The FAA and Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) will cooperate on the development and coordination of drone safety standards, the agencies announced July 8.
“We’re taking a very aggressive position right now, in trying to get more and more companies into the standard airworthiness process,” the head of FAA's UAS Integration Office said July 1.
Belfast-based unmanned aircraft services provider Crowded Space Drones has named the lead drone executive of the UK Civil Aviation Authority as its new director of operations.
“Our target is very squarely a U.S. city. We call it our North Star,” Wisk CEO Gary Gysin said. "We’re not announcing what that city will be, but we know where we are going to fly.
U.S.-Spanish startup Skydweller Aero is opening offices in Oklahoma as the company pushes its solar-powered medium-altitude pseudo satellite for potential U.S. government requirements.
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Network-based identity and position reporting by drones will not be costly for their operators, says one of the companies assisting the FAA in developing “Remote ID” service requirements.
While the first electric air taxi prototypes are already flying on available lithium-ion batteries, developers are hoping for significant advances in energy storage to squeeze more performance out of their vehicles.
Honeywell has established an Unmanned Aerial Systems business unit focused on growing its presence in the emerging markets for drones and urban air mobility vehicles.
Having learned first-hand the challenges of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles, a group of former Airbus Vahana team members have launched a company to develop a hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for short-haul aerial logistics.
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) helicopter and a police drone flying in the same area collided in midair earlier this year, forcing the helicopter pilot to make a precautionary landing on a road.
