Joby completes hydrogen-electric test flight

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Jul 24

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  With water as the only by-product, Joby has flown its hydrogen-electric demonstrator 523 miles.  The landmark test flight, which Joby believes to be the…

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Joby acquires Xwing autonomy technology

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Yves Le Marquand

4 Jun 24

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Joby has acquired the autonomy division of Xwing, a US autonomous aviation systems startup that has been test flying autonomous aircraft since 2020.  The deal…

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Xwing wins xTech SBIR Autonomy Contract

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Mar 24

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Xwing has won a small business innovation research (SBIR) contract from the US Army xTech SBIR Autonomy programme.  The contract will see Xwing conduct autonomous airlift…

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Xwing completes Agile Combat Employment exercise with US Air Force

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Yves Le Marquand

14 Feb 24

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Xwing’s first successful participation in an Agile Combat Employment exercise demonstrates the future of military critical cargo delivery, according to co-founder Maxime Gariel. The week-long…

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Xwing’s autonomous logistics opens new opportunities for DoD

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Jan 24

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Xwing’s Cessna 208B has successfully completed an autonomous logistics mission as part of a continuing partnership with AFWERX Autonomy Prime. Watched on by dozens of…

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Innovation from collaboration: Xwing and Daedalean to share knowledge

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Yves Le Marquand

29 Nov 23

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Xwing and Daedalean are coming together to share their knowledge and processes of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate market entry and boost…

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A slice of the FAA layer cake

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Oct 23

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Memorising sections of a religious text, if not all of it, is a way for followers to preserve and protect those teachings. A similar code…

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Xwing awarded SBIR contract with US Air Force

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Yves Le Marquand

11 May 23

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Xwing has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the USAF’s AFWERX Agility Prime programme.  Through the agreement, Xwing will…

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Xwing submits full certification plan to FAA

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Apr 23

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Xwing, has submitted a Project Specific Certification Plan (PSCP) to the FAA, to become the first Standard Category large unmanned aerial system (UAS) to receive…

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Regional air mobility could save Santa Monica Airport and many like it

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Feb 23

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The scaling of the regional air mobility sector could halt the closure of airports like Santa Monica by 2028, according to Kevin Antcliff.  The Xwing…

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XWing selected to join FAA’s COSTA programme

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Yves Le Marquand

2 Dec 22

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Xwing is participating in the FAA’s Crosscutting Operations Strategy and Technical Assessment (COSTA) project, with support from NASA.  The COSTA project looks at the management…

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Stacking perception: Xwing and NASA combine on autonomous flight

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Oct 22

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The largest elephant in advanced air mobility’s room is autonomy. Making an aircraft that can safely take off, fly and land by itself is one…

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NASA and Xwing to develop autonomous flight processes

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Oct 22

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Xwing have been awarded a contract by NASA to develop safety procedures for autonomous aviation design and operations.  Led by NASA’s System-Wide Safety Project (SWS),…

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