Easy Aerial Demonstrates Verizon 5G Edge and AWS Wavelength Capabilities For Drones

Verizon and AWS are now offering mobile edge computing in more U.S. metro areas with the addition of Charlotte, Detroit, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength, a real-time cloud computing platform, brings AWS compute and storage services to the edge of Verizon’s wireless network. The combination minimizes the latency and network hops required to connect from an application hosted on the platform to the end ...

4D Avionic Systems Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation

4D Avionic Systems has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $255,994 to conduct research and development (R&D) work on a 4D Flightpath-Based Autonomous Separation Assurance Systems (ASAS).The goal of this project is to produce a functioning proof-of-concept demonstration of an autonomous aircraft and airspace management and control system for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) ...

Northwest UAV’s NW-88 Heavy-Fuel Engine Soars into 2022 with New Customers and Challenging Mission Sets

 Integrated on five separate aircraft, Northwest UAV’s NW-88 Engine has completed flight testing with several of the aircraft, accruing hundreds of flight hours throughout 2021. With continued-development test flights for all aircraft planned in 2022 and initial field deployments scheduled, these numbers are set to significantly increase through the year.“Listening to the industry and our contacts in defense organizations, we ...

AutoFlight starts in Europe: Airtaxi ‘Prosperity I’ targets certification by 2025

AutoFlight, the Chinese eVTOL pioneer, continues its global expansion and establishes its first location in Europe: A team led by former Airbus manager Mark R. Henning is now ramping up at Augsburg Airport in Germany. The team’s first task is to achieve European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for AutoFlight's airtaxi ‘Prosperity I’, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a range of approximately 250 kilomete...

Jetson ONE Swedish EVTOL company seeks investment with 3000 purchase requests in two months

The Swedish eVTOL company Jetson AB (JetsonAero.com) have sold out their entire 2022 production. Since the official launch on the 21st of October 2021, another 100 units have been sold for 2023 delivery, with over 3,000 pre-orders during the same time period. The Jetson ONE official launch video made waves on the internet reaching over 14 million views on  YouTube.Jetson confirmed they will be recruiting ...

Fortress UAV Announces Partnership With BTE

Established in 2017, Fortress UAV is the leader and most comprehensive partner in UAS deployment and operational drone services for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), enterprises, and public safety agencies. By providing UAS logistics, fleet management, field services, technical support, repair, and preventative maintenance, customers rally behind Fortress UAV’s all-in-one service approach. Fortress UAV’s diversified capabilities, ...

Drone Harmony raised CHF 1.5 million to accelerate innovation in autonomous flight planning

Drone Harmony is an industry leader in automation software for data acquisition workflows in the commercial drone market. The Full-3D Flight Planning Engine provides unprecedented degrees of automation in flight plan generation, plan visualization and flight execution, making it the best choice for safe, efficient and high-quality data acquisition. For the first time, complex-looking infrastructure inspections become accessible to ...