FutureFlight

MTU Aero Engines believes that a strong consensus is building around the use of hydrogen as a power source for air transport aircraft and that this can be achieved via a couple of different paths.

During this week's AUVSI conference and exhibition, Canada-based CS Communication & Systems introduced a set of tools aimed at reducing the cost and complexity involved in meeting testing and certification requirements for software supporting airborne systems.

Under the Green Flyway program to support the development of electric aviation, Are Ostersund Airport in central Sweden and Roros Airport across the border in Norway are inviting electric aviation pioneers to take advantage of their uncongested airspace as a base for flight testing new aircraft.

Paris city and regional leaders, along with transportation groups ADP and RATP, are asking urban air mobility technology, policy, and infrastructure specialists to support plans to develop air taxi services in time for the 2024 Olympic Games.

EHang has altered the configuration of the 216 by putting the 16 propellers on eight protruding arms above the 216L's fuselage. It says the new version will be able to serve medium-haul routes but has not yet specified its range.

Although the new app was initially intended to support operations with smaller drones, SkyGrid says that it could be adapted for use with larger and more complex autonomous aircraft.

Xwing support for Bell in NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System program is part of a wider plan to adapt aircraft such as the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan for autonomous commercial operations using its Autoflight technology.

The new Xpeng Heitech subsidiary of China's Xpeng group will lead the development of the Kiwigogo T-One single-seat eVTOL, which is only intended for short local trips.

Although FAA's proposed rules requiring remote identification for unmanned aerial systems are mainly geared towards relatively smalled models in the first instance, the scope of what the agency proposed back on December 31, 2019, has significant ramifications for the development of larger eVTOL aircraft.

Sabrewing's new Middle East and Africa distributor is set to receive the first of 102 Rhaegal-B autonomous cargo-carrying eVTOL aircraft in the fourth quarter of 2021 under a $600 million deal.