New chips to make Anthem ‘slimmer and faster’

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Jan 25

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Last week, at CES 2025, Honeywell and NXP Semiconductors expanded their partnership to begin building i.MX processors into Honeywell’s latest Anthem avionics. Honeywell and Dutch…

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‘Building the future of autonomous aviation, means thinking beyond the aircraft’

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Yves Le Marquand

14 Jan 25

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Late last year, Boeing’s joint venture SkyGrid released its blueprint for AAM operations.  The plan sets out how SkyGrid’s ground-based system will deliver high-assurance third-party…

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Honeywell and NXP Semiconductors expand autonomous flight partnership

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Jan 25

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Honeywell and NXP Semiconductors have expanded their partnership focused on developing products for autonomous flight.  Announced at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, the expansion builds…

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SkyGrid publishes concept of operations

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Yves Le Marquand

13 Dec 24

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SkyGrid has released its blueprint for third-party service providers in its Concept of Operations for Third-Party Services Supporting the Airspace Integration of AAM.  The concept of…

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EHang reports 348% YoY jump in Q3 revenue, delivers 63 units

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Fayaz Hussain

20 Nov 24

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EHang announced financial results for the third quarter (Q3) with total revenue of RMB128.1m ($18.3m). That figure is up 348% year-over-year from the same period…

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USAF accepts Merlin’s airworthiness plan for KC-135 testing

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Nov 24

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The United States Air Force (USAF) has accepted Merlin’s airworthiness plan for KC-135 testing using its autonomous technology.  The joint USAF and Merlin project will…

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Wisk forms partnership with Airservices Australia

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Oct 24

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Wisk Aero has further cemented its position on Australia as a key initial launch market, announcing a partnership with state-owned air traffic management specialist Airservices Australia. …

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A new hope (for pilots): Beacon AI Series A raises $15m for pilot assistance technology

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Yves Le Marquand

15 Oct 24

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Picking up distress signals, engaging and disengaging autopilot, fixing bugs in-flight; these are all tasks R2-D2 completed in the Star Wars movies. Without the likeable…

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Could flying ever be easy and low cost like driving is?

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Yves Le Marquand

9 Oct 24

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Pulling up to the airfield, jumping in your aircraft and flying wherever you want to go has long been a freedom restricted to the few.…

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Developing uncrewed R44s for crop-spraying

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Yves Le Marquand

2 Oct 24

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Separating the wheat from the chaff is how we harvest over 750m tonnes of the stuff every year. Primarily done by combine harvester, the machine…

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Pyka Series B raises $40m

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Sep 24

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Pyka has raised $40m in Series B funding to continue growth of its dual-use product line for commercial and defence markets. The round was led by…

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Reliable awarded multi-year US Air Force contract

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Sep 24

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Reliable Robotics has been awarded a contract to provide advanced automation to United States Air Force (USAF) airlift and refuelling aircraft.  The Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite…

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Merlin kicks off test campaign with ‘certification-ready’ Cessna

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Yves Le Marquand

6 Sep 24

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Merlin has begun the flight test campaign of its certification-ready Cessna Caravan aircraft equipped with the firm’s Merlin Pilot technology.  What does Merlin mean by certification-ready? CEO…

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‘It takes time to normalise, then all of a sudden it is hard to remember life without it.’

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Yves Le Marquand

1 Aug 24

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Crisalion Mobility’s Manuel Heredia on the firm’s vision for the eVTOL industry and the red flags it faces on its journey to commercialisation. In the…

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How EY’s innovation hub gets the most out of startup IP

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Jul 24

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For those that haven’t been paying attention to aerospace innovation, a visit to this edition of the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) is an eye opener. …

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