German eVTOL startup Lilium Air Mobility announced Thursday it had reached a maximum speed of 250 kilometers per hour with a technology demonstrator for its unmanned flying air taxis. The 8-year-old company reached the threshold during the testing of the […]
The flying saucer is finally here among the earthlings. It’s no longer an object flown by aliens in an unknown universe. Washington-based tech startup Zeva Aero recently unveiled a prototype of the world’s first flying saucer vehicle. Although it’s currently not at the same […]
Weeks before the war started, Western nations including the United States, Great Britain, and other NATO countries shipped a large number of weapons to Ukraine to defend the country against Russia’s invasion. In January, the US sent a shipment of […]
South Korea-based PABLO AIR looks to NUAIR and Central New York’s hi-tech ecosystem to expand commercial drone operations in the United States NUAIR and PABLO AIR, a South Korea-based drone service provider, have signed a memorandum of understanding to help […]
For many years, flying cars seem like what you see in fiction movies. But thanks to technological advances, more than a dozen startups including giant automakers including General Motors and Hyundai are now developing vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that takes […]
It’s been well over a year since we last covered Terra Drone, a Tokyo, Japan-based drone startup and one of the world’s largest providers of industrial drone solutions. Today, Terra Drone announced it has closed $14.4 million (JPY 1.5 billion) in Series A […]
This is a guest post by Andy Thurling, NUAIR Chief Technology Officer. NUAIR (Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance, Inc.) is a New York-based nonprofit organization that provides expertise in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations, aeronautical research, safety management, and consulting […]
As we noted yesterday, the electric air taxi space is beginning to get crowded. First, it was Lilium, a Munich, Germany-based aerospace startup developing a revolutionary on-demand air taxi service that is powered by the all-electric, vertical take-off and landing Lilium Jet. […]
The electric air taxi market is beginning to get crowded and the big tech companies are jumping into the eVTOL space before it gets too crowded. Early last year, we wrote about Volocopter after the flying taxi startup landed a $94 […]
The biggest and most technologically complex operation in test site’s history. (ROME, NY) – The New York UAS Test Site at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York has completed phase two of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unmanned aircraft […]
We covered WiBotic back in July when the Seattle-based tech startup partners with Ubiquity Robotics to offer wireless charging for Magni Robot. The partnership makes it possible for Magni users to program the robot to navigate to a charging station where […]
We last covered Volocopter back in February after the flying taxi startup raised $94 million in Series C extension to usher in a new era of air taxi services. Volocopter is a German aviation startup that’s developing battery-powered autonomous electric takeoff and […]
Program outcomes will enhance capabilities and services that support advanced, high-density drone operations on a national scale. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced two new participants for phase two of the unmanned aircraft traffic management pilot program (UPP) – The […]
Amazon on Monday announced it has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones. In an announcement on Monday, the FAA said the approval will give Amazon broad privileges to “safely […]
WiBotic, a Seattle-based tech startup that specializes in advanced wireless charging and power optimization solutions for the rapidly expanding ecosystem of aerial, mobile and marine robots, today announced a partnership with Ubiquity Robotics and the availability of a new wireless […]
Every year NUAIR seeks college-level interns interested in the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or “drone” industry, to give them hands-on, real-life experiences with this advanced technology. This last fall/spring semester, Syracuse University grad students Vincent James McGovern and Jean-Eric van […]
The deadly coronavirus has forced thousands of schools and public libraries to close across the United States. However, the pandemic has not stopped some librarians from coming up with creative ways to help kids read during summer. A middle school […]
Last month, we wrote about how some cities in the United States are using Chinese drones to enforce coronavirus social distancing rules in 22 states. We also raised the question about the risk of the drones sending data back to China. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded a $1.6M contract that will advance unmanned traffic management (UTM) at the New York (NY) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site. CAL Analytics will lead a team of five commercial companies in the […]
On November 29, 2017, the New York Times wrote a story titled, “Drone Maker D.J.I. May Be Sending Data to China, U.S. Officials Say.” Over two years later, the same company donated drones to 43 agencies in 22 states across the U.S. […]
