In 2017, examining the dynamics of the aerospace and defense (A&D) sector, we emphasized the need for global companies to focus on building relationships with defense agencies around the world.
Return to flight for S-97 Raider and propulsion testing for SB-1 Defiant are approaching milestones in development of a new class of high-speed helicopter.
Performance margins built into Karem’s Butterfly quad-tiltrotor eVTOL have allowed Uber to show its aerial-ride-sharing requirements can be met with available battery technology.
JetSuiteX’s short-haul flights between secondary cities fit with Zunum’s strategy for revitalizing regional air transport with hybrid-electric propulsion.
Software testbeds developed by Ball Aerospace and BAE Systems are evaluating a new app-based approach to situational awareness and command and control in space.
The T-100 integrated pilot training system for the U.S. Air Force T-X program will bring thousands of new technology and manufacturing jobs to Alabama and across the United States. Customer-proven and made in the U.S.A.
U.S. scheduled charter operator JetSuite is the launch customer for Zunum Aero’s hybrid-electric regional aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery beginning in 2022.
Spacecraft software for drones, DARPA’s Gremlins on show, gunship launches drone, AACUS in action, HorseFly drone delivers, and recovery parachute for eVTOLs.
At its second Elevate Summit in Los Angeles last week, Uber described an ambitious end-state vision for its aerial ridesharing initiative. Guy Norris and Graham Warwick were there for the eye-opening presentation and discuss the challenges to realizing Uber’s vision with Mark Moore, the man behind its plans to fill the skies over the world’s most congested cities with electric VTOL air taxis.
