“How could CityAirbus fly in the existing airspace structures, ensuring minimal impact on conventional air traffic? This was one of the guiding research questions to
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Northrop Grumman launches low-cost guided-ammunition system to counter drone swarms
Northrop Grumman has launched a new type of air defence/counter UAS system called Cannon-Based Air Defence (CBAD) employing a range of guided-ammunition weapons to affordably combat
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L3 Harris “develops robotic-based short-range mobile air defence/C-UAS capability”
L3Harris’ Agile Development Group has been iteratively developing a robotic based, highly mobile, short range air defence capability. The prototype system participated in this year’s
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AIM Defence wins Canadian Army CD 1 million prize by neutralising drone swarm with laser
Canada’s AIM Defence has won a CAD1 million competition from the Canadian Army during a three-week contest that ended in mid-June for its Fractl:1 high powered
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Volocopter lifts off in Paris – but with trial flights at just two locations
Last week Volocopter reported it had completed a crewed test flight at the Aerodrome of Saint-Cyr-l’École, the first bespoke commercial vertiport for electric vertical take-off
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“Two-thirds of consumers are in favour of electric aviation” – new Lilium/Opinium survey
A new survey by Opinium of 4,000 people across the US, UK, France and Germany suggests that two-thirds (65%) of consumers are in favour of
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European Commission publishes decision on remote ID harmonised standards
The European Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2103 of 30 July 2024 on harmonised standard for direct remote identification for unmanned aircraft drafted in support of
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AeroVision Canada, Clearsky Connect, ANRA to build new Transport Canada UTM system
A consortium led by AeroVision Canada along with principal partners ANRA Technologies and ClearSky Connect, has been selected by Transport Canada, the Canadian aviation authority,
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FAA “authorises UTM-based multi-operator BVLOS flights in Dallas ahead of schedule”
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports it has authorized commercial drone flights without visual observers in the same Dallas-area airspace. “The authorizations for Zipline
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France’s Council of State gives green light for Volocopter flights at Paris Olympics
Multiple press sources report France’s Council of State, the supreme administrative judge in France, on July 24 ruled in favour of Volocopter flights taxis during
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