Wingcopter to begin offering BVLOS surveying news Yves Le Marquand 11 Feb 25 0 German drone manufacturer Wingcopter is expanding beyond cargo drones to include the sale of long-range BVLOS LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) surveying products. To do… Read more
Beta, 47G and Utah partner to bring AAM operations to state news Yves Le Marquand 29 Jan 25 0 Beta Technologies and 47G | Utah Aerospace & Defense (47G) have signed an agreement to begin work to launch a statewide advanced air mobility (AAM)… Read more
Amphibious aviation conference ‘bigger than last year’ news Yves Le Marquand 27 Jan 25 0 Numbers are up across delegates, sponsors and exhibitors compared with 2024 at this year’s Future Opportunities for Seaplanes and Amphibious Aviation (FOSAA25) conference. The conference… Read more
Aura welcomes latest FCC rule-making proposal news Yves Le Marquand 22 Jan 25 0 Aura Network Systems has welcomed the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) latest notice of proposed rule-making related to dedicated spectrum for advanced air mobility. The inclusion… Read more
Drone strike sharpens focus on ‘effective’ airspace management Deep Dive Yves Le Marquand 16 Jan 25 0 Last week, a De Havilland CL-415 water bomber was damaged after it collided with a drone whilst fighting the wildfires that have and continue to… Read more
UAE regulator approves Skyports’ first vertiport design news Yves Le Marquand 9 Jan 25 0 Skyports has received technical design approval from the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority for its first commercial vertiport in the country. Named… Read more
New Zealand air ambulance operator orders BETA eVTOLs news Yves Le Marquand 19 Dec 24 0 New Zealand Air Ambulance Service has placed a deposit-backed order for two BETA eVTOLs with options for a further 10. The operator, which is the… Read more
SkyGrid publishes concept of operations news Yves Le Marquand 13 Dec 24 0 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… Read more
Air New Zealand orders BETA demonstrator to ready for operations news Yves Le Marquand 11 Dec 24 0 Air New Zealand has added an Alia CTOL technical demonstrator aircraft and several charging solutions to its existing order with BETA Technologies. Air New Zealand… Read more
Skyports and Groupe ADP joint venture to operate Manhattan heliport news Yves Le Marquand 10 Dec 24 0 A joint venture between Skyports Infrastructure and Groupe ADP has been named as the new operator of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. The New York City… Read more
Propeller Drones, Airwayz and FlightOps team up for Israel’s first BVLOS drone flights news Yves Le Marquand 28 Nov 24 0 Propeller Drones has chosen unmanned air traffic management provider Airwayz to execute its $7m Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) contract to conduct autonomous drone flights. The… Read more
MagniX completes EPU testing with NASA news Yves Le Marquand 26 Nov 24 0 MagniX has completed testing of its magni650 electric propulsion unit (EPU) at NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) in Sandusky, Ohio. According to the company, the… Read more
SAI Flight pre-orders 10 SkyDrive aircraft news Yves Le Marquand 25 Nov 24 0 SkyDrive, South Carolina-based operator SAI Flight and Greenville Downtown Airport have signed an agreement to jointly explore eVTOL aircraft services in the region, including a… Read more
BETA flies first production CTOL aircraft news Yves Le Marquand 14 Nov 24 0 BETA Technologies has flown an electric aircraft built on its new production line for the first time. The aircraft, an Alia CTOL, was permitted… Read more
Building a drone network that matters to people Deep Dive Yves Le Marquand 13 Nov 24 0 In 2023, DoorDash alone delivered over two billion takeouts to US customers. That is one company. Between DoorDash and Uber Eats, the pair made nearly five billion… Read more