Applying intelligence to autonomous flight

Deep Dive

Yves Le Marquand

5 Jul 23

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“Instead of thinking ‘AI’ represents some looming black box magic, we focus on what we can do with it here and now,” says Dr. Yemaya…

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How to build self-flying cargo networks

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Jun 23

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If the wizard Merlin was at the cutting-edge of medieval science, then Merlin is at a similar place in aviation today. The autonomous pilot developer…

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Where do you put the batteries in an electric aircraft?

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Yves Le Marquand

17 May 23

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Few passengers are aware that an aircraft’s wings are home to the fuel tanks, CDO2, a UK-based novel battery sensor technology developer, thinks the wings…

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Zipline: What goes up, keeps raising

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Yves Le Marquand

5 May 23

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Share prices, test flights, valuations, whatever goes up must come down right? For startups, in almost every case the rule sticks, but drone delivery unicorn,…

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Towing the line

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Yves Le Marquand

27 Apr 23

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  Ask a battery supporter about hydrogen and they will say the energy density is too low. Ask a fan of hydrogen about batteries and…

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Stralis: Graduating Y Combinator

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Apr 23

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An American and a Scotsman walk into an Australian aerospace startup … It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but, in fact, it…

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Algorithm anxiety: Building AI competency in aviation

Deep Dive

Yves Le Marquand

11 Apr 23

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The beauty of artificial intelligence-based systems is that you don’t have to do much, if anything. The catch is, if not you’re doing anything, you’re…

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Where do eVTOLs sleep at night?

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Yves Le Marquand

3 Apr 23

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Picture a busy vertiport. Passengers walk out to board electric vertical aircraft happy to be saving hours in travel time. Now imagine the chaos when…

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UP.Partners: Upheaval in the moving world

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Mar 23

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The idiom ‘it’s darkest before the dawn’ comes to mind when thinking about the future flight sector in 2023.  By no means does the phrase describe…

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Jekta: Be water, my friend

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Yves Le Marquand

23 Feb 23

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When 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, why would you not use it as a runway? This is what George Alafinov, CEO…

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Drone delivery, what’s the E.T.(A)?

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Jan 23

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In the famous 1982 film E.T., the line everyone remembers is “phone home”. Had the film come out a half-century later that line could well be “E.T. drone home”. At…

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All things are difficult before they get VC

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Jan 23

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Venture capital is an optimistic form of investment, but to what extent will that optimism be quelled by the economic climate? “We will see a…

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Battery-electric flight: Is lithium nirvana?

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Yves Le Marquand

21 Dec 22

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There are many reasons for electric flight. But the strongest argument is environmental. Which means that batteries need to be sustainable.  The vast majority of…

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The path to power(ed lift)

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Yves Le Marquand

7 Dec 22

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Class 14 CFR 21.17(b) or CS-23/CS-27. That is the question. To build a successful aircraft you need to make thousands of correct decisions. One of…

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Uncrewed Flying Objects: Many hands make flights work

Deep Dive

Yves Le Marquand

1 Dec 22

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The ability to develop new technology to combat climate change and operate more sustainably in isolation is dwindling, fast. Collaboration is central to expanding the…

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