Advanced Air Mobility

Flight testing is planned to begin in July or August and the 12,000-lb., optionally piloted aircraft will on the market in 2021.

Qinetiq’s Australian business has been contracted to design and build an unmanned aerial systems flight test range for the Queensland Government.

The U.S. Air Force is inviting industry to submit ideas to start replacing the MQ-9 unmanned aircraft system by 2030 with a next-generation, medium-altitude strike and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance UAS.

TUSAS has been flight testing a new wing for the Anka UAV equipped with internal fuel tanks that can boost its endurance.

The light aircraft manufacturer has prioritized development of large cargo UAVs because of increasing indications that the entry into service of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxis could slip to 2028.

LONDON—The UK will launch a new tender for coastguard aviation services in 2021 with a focus on increased use of fixed-wing and unmanned platforms.

The counter-UAS system must allow a single operator to intercept drones and employ countermeasures.

Germany is looking to arm its future fleet of EuroDrone unmanned aircraft systems with MBDA Brimstone air-to-ground missiles and Enhanced Paveway

Beta Technologies and Joby Aviation are the first developers of urban air mobility vehicles to progress to the third stage of the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program.

Karem tests OSTR rotor; Danes want electrofuels; DARPA/ONR try again on VTOL; active flow control; Scotland tests drone delivery.

DARPA and the Office of Naval Research plan to launch a joint project to develop a vertical-takeoff-and-landing tactical unmanned aircraft system that could replace the Insitu ScanEagle and eliminate any reliance on launch and recovery infrastructure.

Bristol Airport plans to install a drone threat management system following a successful three-month pilot project.

Ask the Editors: The U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program could be pivotal for commercial eVTOL vehicle developers.

Zipline and Novant Health announced on May 27 that they have received emergency approval from the FAA to fly medical supplies by drone to a hospital north of Charlotte, North Carolina, to support its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Scotland’s National Health Service (NHS) is to trial deliveries by unmanned air systems to speed up logistics between remote medical centers.

NASA’s electric plans; Xwing secures funds; GKN joins Eviation; eVTOL seats; X-59 challenges.

Special Forces looking for low-cost options to support ground troops in remote areas.

The latest internet entrepreneurs to put money into UAM hope to set their company apart with a safe, quiet low-cost vehicle.

Germany is leading on taking an ethical and responsible approach to the technologies in FCAS. When will its partners follow?

The coronavirus pandemic accelerates demonstration of BVLOS drone flights as the UK pushes for wider use of the technology.

UK future flight vision; sandbox for UAVs; making LEO safer; augmented-reality landings; connected by balloon.

This webinar took place May 15, 2020 With the impact of COVID-19 on private investment and corporate R&D alike, can the nascent electric VTOL industry

The U.S. military continues to expand the operational envelope of its X-37B robotic spaceplanes amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The UK has launched the second phase of a £300 million ($366 million) challenge to develop a novel aviation system enabling safe operation of new types of aircraft including delivery drones, urban air taxis and electric regional aircraft.