Under the AFWerx contract, Pittsburgh-based Near Earth will develop an architecture that enables autonomous aircraft to operate safely and efficiently.
Lobo Leasing has signed a letter of intent to lease a Pipistrel Nuuva V300 hybrid eVTOL uncrewed cargo aircraft to UK helicopter operator HeliOperations.
The 76-seat regional aircraft is to become a demonstrator for ZeroAvia’s HyperCore electric motors and high temperature proton exchange membrane system.
Electrification of regional and subregional aircraft offers huge potential and a faster route to both meaningful reduction in transport emissions and profits.
Joby Aviation plans to buy “key powertrain and actuation components” from the Toyota Motor Company for its electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
During the test campaign, Reliable Robotics coordinated encounters of 2 of its aircraft in California while data was being collected by FAA ground-based radar.