The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts to the winners of four prize challenges for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force expeditionary unmanned aircraft system (MUX) for four individual mission payloads.
Unmanned aircraft pioneer AeroVironment is paying $500,000 to the U.S. government to settle an export rules violation case, will conduct at least another $500,000 in internal remediation actions, and continue under supervision, company and federal officials announced late Nov. 20.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has developed two turbojets in anticipation of defense ministry requirements for single-use reconnaissance, jamming or target drones.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) plans to develop and demonstrate a range of new tactical capabilities for its family of unmanned air vehicles as part of an ongoing initiative to align more closely to the U.S. Defense Department’s shift to a near-peer National Defense Strategy.
U.S. House lawmakers in a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) derided an “irresponsible proposal” to have federal air marshals operate counter-drone systems near airports.
There have been no images or statements released, but growing evidence points to the existence of the stealthy RQ-180 and its use in regular front-line service.
Mitch Snyder, president and CEO of Bell, talks to Lindsay Bjerregaard about the company’s new Nexus eVTOL concept and the future of UAM in advance of Aviation Week Network’s inaugural Urban Air Mobility Conference.
Bell debuted its new Nexus flying taxi concept at the 2019 Consumer Electronic Show this week. Bell's VP of Innovation Scott Drennan and Kyle Heironimus, propulsion lead for the Nexus, share details about the eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) vehicle's systems, what its maintenance model will look like and when the Nexus is set to hit the skies.
Technology is advancing rapidly but, for once, regulators are ready with airworthiness rules designed to keep pace with innovation. Urban air mobility will put them to the test.
Uber’s ambitious plan for on-demand urban air transport faces challenges across a broad range of fronts, but no one is saying outright that it cannot be done.
Uber will have to start urban flight operations with the batteries it has, not the ones it wants. But it sees several prospects for progress on the battery performance front.
Uber and others believe electric propulsion has reached the stage where it can enable small, efficient, short-range vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Turbulence inside ride-hailing giant Uber has yet to derail its plans to launch urban air transport services in the early 2020s. And it is no longer alone in that ambition.
