Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The Albuquerque-led test, the sixth under the Department of Transportation’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, used a remotely piloted Cessna 208B Caravan to trial cargo delivery. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced on 19 October 2026 that New Mexico has conducted its first demonstration flight under the Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot […]
The new application gives public safety agencies and enterprise drone programmes a shared view of nearby UAS activity without requiring any change to existing aircraft or flight software. ANRA Technologies, a provider of digital airspace and mission management solutions, on 14 October 2026 introduced ANRA VISTA, short for Visual Interface for Shared Traffic Awareness, a
Nineteen projects across the United States will test technologies from detect-and-avoid systems to counter-drone sensing, as the agency works to expand safe drone operations in the national airspace. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $12 million to fund 19 drone research and testing projects intended to help safely expand drone operations in the National
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The hybrid-electric aircraft developer will share operating-cost and specification data with the regional lessor as the Hub examines the commercial realities facing new low-emissions aircraft. EVIO and specialist regional aircraft lessor TrueNoord have announced that EVIO has joined the TrueNoord New Technology Hub, a collaborative initiative supporting the introduction of next-generation regional aircraft technologies intended
EVIO JOINS TRUENOORD’S NEW TECHNOLOGY HUB TO DEVELOP NEXT-GENERATION REGIONAL AIRCRAFTRead More »
The companies have optimised Gogo’s Galileo HDX satellite antenna for Insitu’s Integrator uncrewed aircraft, adding ITAR-free high-speed connectivity over Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation. Gogo Special Missions, the military and government division of Gogo, and Boeing subsidiary Insitu have completed testing and integration of a modified high-speed satellite connectivity solution for Group 3 Uncrewed Aerial Systems, optimising
GOGO AND INSITU COMPLETE GROUP 3 UAS CONNECTIVITY INTEGRATIONRead More »
Hanoi becomes the first Vietnamese city in EHang’s Global Fast Track Program, with local partner HungViet signing a sandbox-testing agreement centred on the pilotless EH216-S aircraft. EHang Holdings’ Global Fast Track Program has expanded to Vietnam, the second country to join the programme after Sri Lanka, with Hanoi as its first stop. The company’s local
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Joby Aviation and BETA Technologies flew regional and medical-transport demonstrations as North Carolina became the fifth site to launch under the federal Advanced Air Mobility Integration Pilot Program. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has celebrated North Carolina’s first demonstration flights under USDOT’s Advanced Air Mobility Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), making the state the fifth location
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The FAA-backed flights, using vertiports, taxiways and heliports, aim to establish a national blueprint for fitting advanced air mobility into busy commercial airports. Electra has completed what it describes as first-of-its-kind flights from a heliport on a commercial airport ramp at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, using its hybrid-electric EL2 Ultra Short aircraft to test point-in-space procedures
ELECTRA FLIES ULTRA SHORT AIRCRAFT USING HELICOPTER-STYLE PROCEDURES AT VIRGINIA AIRPORTSRead More »
The concept pairs a certified, in-production freighter with Merlin’s autonomy software, aiming to fill a gap between small tactical delivery drones and full-size military airlifters. TEXTRON AND MERLIN INTRODUCE CESSNA SKYCOURIER UX CONCEPT AIRCRAFT Textron Aviation and Merlin, Inc. introduced a concept Cessna SkyCourier UX aircraft on 14 September at the Air, Space &
TEXTRON AND MERLIN UNVEIL AUTONOMOUS CESSNA SKYCOURIER UX CONCEPT FOR CONTESTED LOGISTICSRead More »
America’s Consortium for Electric Skyways plans to build interoperable charging infrastructure across the Texas Triangle to support the state’s federally backed eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. ACES CONSORTIUM TO BUILD AIR TAXI CHARGING NETWORK ACROSS TEXAS America’s Consortium for Electric Skyways (ACES), launched by Archer Aviation, BETA Technologies and Macquarie Capital, has announced plans to
ARCHER AND BETA’S ACES CONSORTIUM TO BRING AIR TAXI CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE TO TEXASRead More »
