Xplorate receives BVLOS approval for Australia’s Cooper Basin

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Dec 25

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Xplorate has received a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) approval for long-range drone operations in the Cooper Basin, Australia’s largest onshore petroleum region. The approval certificate,…

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Alef begins building first production vehicle

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Dec 25

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Alef Aeronautics has begun manufacturing the first flying car it will deliver to a customer, construction is expected to take several months. More time will…

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TAC in Dubai to ‘highlight rapid progress’ of Pangea aircraft

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Yves Le Marquand

19 Nov 25

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The AirCraft Company (TAC) is at the Dubai Airshow 2025 to highlight rapid development progress on its Pangea family of hybrid-electric regional aircraft. Founded in…

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AIR CEO says prototype crash ‘part of clean-sheet aircraft development’

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Oct 25

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A mishap yes, but crashes are not “unexpected” when developing a clean-sheet aircraft, says AIR CEO Rani Plaut following the loss of a prototype during…

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VerdeGo Aero attains cybersecurity certification required by DoW

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Yves Le Marquand

24 Oct 25

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VerdeGo Aero has achieved a perfect score for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2, required for participation in US Department of War programmes. VerdeGo…

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Xplorate granted BVLOS approval larger than Switzerland

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Oct 25

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Xplorate has secured an approval for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations from Australia’s aviation regulator for a 58,000sqkm chunk of Queensland.  This…

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Dronamics Black Swan to get Kawasaki engines in new ‘long-term’ partnership

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Sep 25

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Cargo drone developer Dronamics has formed a partnership with Kawasaki Motors to explore integrating the Japanese firm’s aero piston engine in its Black Swan Drone.…

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Better Futures launches second-generation AI assistant platform for engineers

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Sep 25

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Dublin-based software firm Better Futures has launched Engineering Verified Assistants (EVA) 2.0, its second-generation AI assistant platform for engineers. The new release focused primarily on systems…

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Xplorate launches ‘360° Vision’ for long range drone operations

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Yves Le Marquand

5 Sep 25

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Ideas of omniscience have been discussed for millennia, usually in religious contexts, but the power to see, or know, everything has remained an impossibility. This…

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Five on Friday: Wisk and Signature, Merlin goes public and Lilium re-emergence?

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Yves Le Marquand

15 Aug 25

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This week Wisk became the fifth OEM (they’re all working on eVTOLs) and the first autonomous aircraft developer to partner with Signature Aviation. Following in…

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Five on Friday: Destinus, Joby and Archer

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Aug 25

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If you want something done that you aren’t able to do already, do you buy it in or do you employ the people that make…

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Five on Friday: Joby, NuAir and Merlin

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Yves Le Marquand

1 Aug 25

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Joby Aviation is partnering with defence contractor L3Harris Technologies to assess development of hybrid-electric VTOL for defence. Specifically, Joby and L3Harris will look to build…

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Five on Friday: MOSAIC, Asian harmonisation and Hartzell Propellor

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Jul 25

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This week the FAA approved the regulatory framework known as the Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification – MOSAIC for short. Aimed at sparking growth and…

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Five on Friday: Hydrogen highlighted, Regent defence move and Vertical raise

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Jul 25

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Often touted as a propulsion solution to be realised by the mid-2030s at the earliest, hydrogen was the key theme in two big stories this…

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Five on Friday: SkyDrive, ERC and Hydroplane

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Jul 25

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Congestion-busting is often the big persuader put out by eVTOL companies seeking to convince the fence sitters. This works for large parts of the world,…

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