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Ingenuity: Mars drone maiden flight set for “no earlier than April 8th”

March 24, 2021 Chris Stonor Experimental craft

By Chris Stonor Mars helicopter, Mars drone, what’s semantics amongst friends as NASA prepares Ingenuity’s maiden flight over the red planet, for no earlier than

Watch Video: Five more VTOLs to keep an eye on

March 22, 2021 Chris Stonor Air taxis and personal transports, Experimental craft

By Chris Stonor Here is another video highlighting, this time, five VTOLs to keep an eye on. While a majority may never make it to

Jetoptera awarded new contracts from USAF for propulsion trials

March 22, 2021 Chris Stonor Experimental craft

By Chris Stonor Jetoptera announced recently two new contracts offered by the United States Air Force (USAF) concerning the company’s “revolutionary” propulsion system, reports a

Microsoft: Seeking potential of “drone deliveries to moving vehicles”

March 11, 2021 Chris Stonor Cargo and logistics, Experimental craft, Express delivery, Research

By Chris Stonor Some might say this sounds rather “Bondesque”, but Microsoft has recently taken out a patent, filed in 2017 and finally approved last

Honeywell’s latest “Turbogenerator” to power aircraft with biofuel

March 9, 2021 Chris Stonor Air taxis and personal transports, Experimental craft

By Chris Stonor Honeywell has announced this week, it is developing a new power source for its hybrid-electric aircraft, planned for trial in the Autumn,

“Welcome The Hydrone”: A hydrogen-powered UAV from Delair

March 8, 2021 Chris Stonor Cargo and logistics, Experimental craft

By Chris Stonor France-based drone company, Delair, has seen the light, or in this case, the Hydrone, a hydrogen-powered craft adapted from its operational DT26

Horizon Aircraft: “Early commercial eVTOLs require safety records equal to conventional aviation”

March 3, 2021 Chris Stonor Experimental craft, Market analysis

By Chris Stonor Horizon Aircraft, the aerospace engineering company that has developed the eVTOL Cavorite X5, says in a press release this week that early

“EUREKA Moment!” UK-based Electroflight partners with Sweden Heart Aerospace

February 26, 2021 Chris Stonor Business Partnerships, Experimental craft

By Chris Stonor Electroflight announced last month a partnership with Swedish aerospace start-up Heart Aerospace alongside regulatory and compliance experts Bains Simonds, to develop a

Metro Hop given green light from USAF Agility Prime program to test “unique landing gear”

February 25, 2021 Chris Stonor Experimental craft

By Chris Stonor The United States Air Force (USAF) Agility Prime program is to trial Metro Hop’s “unique landing gear” that allows its all-electric, short takeoff

Ascendance Flight Technologies: Another VTOL company to “à surveiller de près’’

February 22, 2021 Chris Stonor Air taxis and personal transports, Experimental craft

By Chris Stonor France-based, Ascendance Flight Technologies, is another VTOL company “à surveiller de près’’ , as the race for the French Olympic games 2024 “réchauffe”