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Air taxis and personal transports

CubCrafters begins testing electric lift augmenting slats

June 9, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on CubCrafters begins testing electric lift augmenting slats

CubCrafters, a manufacturer of Light-Sport and Part 23 certified aircraft, has begun testing a new engineering innovation — Electric Lift Augmenting Slats (ELAS) — designed to “dramatically increase wing lift” according to General Aviation News. […]

Air taxis and personal transports

EHang progresses island-hopping flights in Japan

June 9, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on EHang progresses island-hopping flights in Japan

In a Twitter post, eVTOL manufacturer EHang reports it has completed its latest island-hopping autonomous flight demonstration in Okinawa, the seventh city it has flown in Japan, alongside its helicopter charter partner AIROS Skyview. According […]

UAM infrastructure

Volatus Infrastructure signs agreement with Aeroauto

June 9, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Volatus Infrastructure signs agreement with Aeroauto

Volatus Infrastructure, has announced it has signed a multifaceted agreement with the Florida-based urban air mobility (UAM) showroom and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) dealership company Aeroauto. According to the agreement Volatus will provide […]

Air taxis and personal transports

EHang complete autonomous eVTOL flights between Japanese islands

June 9, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on EHang complete autonomous eVTOL flights between Japanese islands

EHang has published a short video on social media showing autonomous island-hopping between Iheya island and Noho island – the company says these are Japan’s first flights of this kind by an autonomous eVTOL. The […]

First responders

Jump Aero electronic parachute improves eVTOL failure handling in flight test

June 8, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Jump Aero electronic parachute improves eVTOL failure handling in flight test

Jump Aero reports that in partnership with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) it has completed a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) research contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop and flight […]

Emerging regulations

“FAA publishes NPRM for first eVTOL pilot certification rules” – GAMA

June 8, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on “FAA publishes NPRM for first eVTOL pilot certification rules” – GAMA

A Linkedin post by David Dunning, Director, Global Innovation & Policy at the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), reports that the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) publication of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) “Integration of […]

Vertiports

Vports embarks on certification process for vertiports – starting in Dubai

June 7, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Vports embarks on certification process for vertiports – starting in Dubai

VPorts, the constructor and operator of advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure, reports it has initiated the certification process for its vertiports “as part of the world’s first AAM integrator centre at the Mohammed bin Rashid […]

Research

NASA research gathers key radar data for autonomous air cargo delivery

June 7, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on NASA research gathers key radar data for autonomous air cargo delivery

As part of the agency’s broad portfolio of work on Advanced Air Mobility, NASA researchers visited the Mountain View, California headquarters of industry partner Reliable Robotics in late February to observe flight testing according to […]

Cargo and logistics

Moya Aero plans completion of full-scale prototype cargo eVTOL ahead of first flight in Q3

June 7, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Moya Aero plans completion of full-scale prototype cargo eVTOL ahead of first flight in Q3

Moya Aero has released news that it will conduct a test flight of its full-scale prototype cargo eVTOL at its facilities in the testing area in Airfield SDA4, Fazenda Maristela, Brazil. The vehicle, with a […]

Hydrogen

Destinus planning hypersonic drone for 2024 launch using hydrogen

June 7, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Destinus planning hypersonic drone for 2024 launch using hydrogen

Destinus a Swiss aerospace startup, has announced making a successful test flight of the Jungfrau (Destinus-1) prototype equipped with a hydrogen-fuelled afterburner. The company reports the experimental flight involved an unmanned prototype with a special […]

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Ukraine is about to start shooting down Russian drones with lasers.

Not in some distant future. In two to three months.

The weapon already exists. It already works. It has already shot down FPV drones — and it is now being tested against Shaheds.

"This is not some future

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