The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued the first conditional approval for a vertiport at Allen C. Perkinson Blackstone Army Airfield (KBKT), in Blackstone,
Read more
Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Airservices Australia publishes tender for drone surveillance network covering 29 airports
Airservices Australia has published a request for information tender to industry for the supply of an uncrewed aircraft surveillance system covering 29 airports in Australia
Read more
Heron AirBridge and SITA to work on airspace integration vertiport concepts in Singapore
UTM company Heron AirBridge has entered into a proof of concept (PoC) agreement with travel and transport technology provider SITA to collaborate on urban air
Read more
US Air Force Seymour Johnson AFB seeks C-UAS operations training services
The U.S. Air Force, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (SJAFB), has been tasked to identify potential sources, market capabilities and market conditions for the acquisition
Read more
DSEI 2023: “We have eighteen months before the next generation of battlefield drone threats emerges”
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes We are at least eighteen months away from the next generation of drone threats appearing on the battlefield, according to drone defence
Read more
Israel extends EHang eVTOL flights over urban areas in latest INDI trials
“Israel on Wednesday expanded test flights of air taxis to urban areas in Jerusalem as it prepares the airspace for a drone delivery network of
Read more
US Air Force issues RFI for C-UAS systems with satellite navigation attack capabilities
The US Air Force has issued a request to industry to supply counter-UAS systems with satellite navigation attack capabilities. “The acquisition of four (x4) Counter
Read more
“Drone-defeat technology needs to be as affordable in the same way as drones are affordable”
Oleg Vornik, Chief Executive Officer at DroneShield, talks to Philip Butterworth-Hayes about the impact of Ukraine on counter-UAS technology provision and the evolution of this
Read more
Michael Whitaker, CEO of Supernal, appointed new FAA Administrator
President Biden has nominated Mike Whitaker to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Michael G. Whitaker is currently the chief operating officer of
Read more
British Standards Institute publishes UAM/AAM definitions guide
The British Standards Institute (BSI) has published BSI Flex 1903 v1.0 2023-08 Future Flight Systems – Vocabulary. The standard covers definitions of 90 terms and 53
Read more