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Rotor Technologies Begins Production of Uncrewed Helicopter Designed for Civilian Use
Rotor Technologies Begins Production of Uncrewed Helicopter Designed for Civilian Use

11 Dec 2023, 12:51 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / The new R550X unmanned civilian aircraft is based on the firm's Robinson R44 Raven II and is touted as the world's largest of its kind

 
Airbus Demonstrated a Fully Autonomous Helicopter Flight
Airbus Demonstrated a Fully Autonomous Helicopter Flight

28 Nov 2023, 09:04 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Airbus flying laboratory FlightLab successfully completed fully autonomous flight monitored by the pilot via a touchscreen tablet

 
Impressive Market Success for Latin America’s First Autonomous Cargo Drone
Impressive Market Success for Latin America’s First Autonomous Cargo Drone

10 Nov 2023, 04:48 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Moya Aero is disrupting the AAM Latin America market with the first autonomous cargo drone designed and built in the Southern Hemisphere

 
The MF100 Autonomous Cargo Aircraft Got a $1.25M Boost From USAF
The MF100 Autonomous Cargo Aircraft Got a $1.25M Boost From USAF

3 Nov 2023, 02:48 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / San Francisco's MightyFly is gearing up for the public debut of its third-generation autonomous hybrid cargo aircraft next year

 
Swiss-Made Aero2 Drone To Fly in the US for the First Time
Swiss-Made Aero2 Drone To Fly in the US for the First Time

2 Nov 2023, 04:49 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Dufour delivered the first pre-production autonomous drone to its American customer who had committed to the largest civilian drone order in history

 
USAF Takes Another Step Towards Autonomous Aerial Transportation
USAF Takes Another Step Towards Autonomous Aerial Transportation

4 May 2023, 04:46 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / USAF's AFWERX department is officially working with an autonomous flight expert for the accreditation of safe and effective unpiloted cargo operations

 
UPS Partner Ameriflight Blows $134 Million on Uncrewed Aircraft That Don't Yet Exist
UPS Partner Ameriflight Blows $134 Million on Uncrewed Aircraft That Don't Yet Exist

25 Jan 2023, 15:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of America's largest cargo carriers entered an agreement with Natilus for the delivery of 20 autonomous cargo aircraft

 
Californian Startup’s Technology Can Make Any Aircraft Able to Pilot Itself
Californian Startup’s Technology Can Make Any Aircraft Able to Pilot Itself

25 Aug 2022, 03:51 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / SpaceX and Tesla veterans are one step closer to the certification of their autoflight system for future autonomous aviation

 
Groundbreaking AI Pilot That Can Operate in A Crowded Airspace Acts Just Like a Human
Groundbreaking AI Pilot That Can Operate in A Crowded Airspace Acts Just Like a Human

8 Aug 2022, 04:47 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The U.S. Army is supporting a research project at Carnegie Mellon University that has developed the only AI pilot that can operate in the current airspace

 
NASA and Zipline Team Up to Create a Future in Which Delivery Drones and Air Taxis Thrive
NASA and Zipline Team Up to Create a Future in Which Delivery Drones and Air Taxis Thrive

3 Aug 2022, 09:54 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / NASA signed an agreement with drone logistics company, Zipline, to research various use cases for UAVs and pursue a future vision of U.S. aviation

 
Boeing Plays Big at the Farnborough International Airshow With a Whole Fleet of Aircraft
Boeing Plays Big at the Farnborough International Airshow With a Whole Fleet of Aircraft

11 Jul 2022, 11:50 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / At the Farnborough International Airshow this month, Boeing will demonstrate its newest 737 MAX and 777X models, as well as othera utonomous aircraft

 
This Pickup Truck of the Sky Is Half Helicopter, Half Bush Plane, and All Business
This Pickup Truck of the Sky Is Half Helicopter, Half Bush Plane, and All Business

5 Jun 2022, 04:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A startup called Elroy Air is working on an autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft that can carry 500 lbs of cargo for a distance of 300 miles

 
EHang Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Manufacturer Lands Its Largest Air Taxi Pre-Order in Japan
EHang Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Manufacturer Lands Its Largest Air Taxi Pre-Order in Japan

21 Jan 2022, 14:01 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle manufacturer EHang lands its largest pre-order in Japan for its EH216 electric air taxi

 
Unmanned Long-Range Hydrogen Aircraft to Start Pioneering Flights in France
Unmanned Long-Range Hydrogen Aircraft to Start Pioneering Flights in France

17 Dec 2021, 07:23 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / An aviation company with centers in Austin and in France is getting ready to start conducting the first test flights of its unmanned hydrogen-powered aircraft

 
Boeing to Design Autonomous Aircraft at MIT
Boeing to Design Autonomous Aircraft at MIT

2 Aug 2018, 13:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing and Aurora Flight Sciences create the Aerospace & Autonomy Center, tasked with developing flying autonomous aircraft.