Delta conducting inspections using drones following FAA approval

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Oct 24

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Delta TechOps is now conducting aircraft inspections using small, camera-based drones after the firm’s application was accepted by the FAA. Delta was granted the acceptance…

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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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Matternet brings drone delivery to Silicon Valley

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Yves Le Marquand

3 Oct 24

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Residents of Silicon Valley can now take delivery of items such as groceries via drone as part of a programme launched by Matternet. The drone…

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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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Toyota to invest further $500m in Joby

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Yves Le Marquand

2 Oct 24

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Toyota will invest an additional $500m in Joby, bringing total investment from the auto giant to $894m. The investment will be made in the form…

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Skydweller completes initial flight test campaign

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Yves Le Marquand

2 Oct 24

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Skydweller Aero has successfully completed an initial flight test campaign of its Skydweller Unmanned Aerial System.  The series of uncrewed flight tests – with the…

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BETA offers early look at passenger variant

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Sep 24

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BETA has unveiled an early look at the passenger layout of its Alia eVTOL aircraft.  The company is taking a staged approach to passenger aircraft…

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Dufour Aerospace and Areion renew partnership

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Sep 24

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Dufour Aerospace has renewed its partnership with US drone firm Areion which includes purchase of 40 Aero2 drones with options for an additional 100 aircraft.…

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Lilium enters US market with partnerships in Texas

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Sep 24

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Lilium has partnered with Houston-based fixed base operator Galaxy FBO, marking its entry to the US market. The German eVTOL developer plans to operate its…

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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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BETA picks up momentum in Florida as three new chargers come online

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Yves Le Marquand

19 Sep 24

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BETA hosted an event this week at Tallahassee International Airport to “recognise the momentum” being made towards AAM in Florida.  The electric aircraft and infrastructure…

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Eve appoints Megha Bathia as CCO

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Sep 24

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Eve Air Mobility has appointed Megha Bhatia as its new chief commercial officer (CCO).  Working out of the firm’s US headquarters in Melbourne, Florida, Bhatia…

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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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Altaport white paper provides conops for automated vertiport

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Yves Le Marquand

9 Sep 24

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Altaport and engineering and design multinational, WSP have released a concept of operations (conops) analysing the business requirements of a vertiport automation system (VAS). Identifying conops for…

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VerdeGo Aero’s A-1 investment round beats $4m target

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Yves Le Marquand

9 Sep 24

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VerdeGo Aero has closed its A-1 investment round, exceeding the target of $4m it set for continued development of its hybrid-electric propulsion technologies. The new…

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