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Soaring to New Heights: FAA and NASA’s Top Achievements in 2024 and Visions for 2025
Throughout 2024, both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NASA made significant strides in shaping the future of flight. From historical achievements in drone integration into the National Airspace System... Read More
NASA Selects Electra as Awardee in AACES 2050 Program: Electra to Lead Sustainable Airliner Development
Manassas, VA – November 12, 2024 — NASA has awarded Electra.aero, Inc. (“Electra”) a contract to develop key technologies and aircraft concepts for next generation commercial airliners that could enter... Read More
Tetra 1 Satellite Mission Complete
After helping more than 250 U.S. Space Force Guardians and operators experiment and train with various tactics, techniques, and procedures in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO), the Tetra-1 satellite has completed... Read More
Vale and Speedbird Aero Successfully Complete Pioneering Drone Logistics Operation in Brazil
Pará, Brazil — November 11, 2024 — Speedbird Aero and Vale have successfully completed the first-ever drone logistics operation in Carajás Mine (the world’s largest iron ore mine, located in... Read More
Black Swift Technologies: Pioneering UAS Applications for Extreme Weather
Black Swift Technologies (BST) has developed unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for cutting-edge research applications in the geosciences. Founded in 2011 by Dr. Jack Elston and Dr. Maciej Stachura, BST has... Read More
XING Mobility Wins CES 2025 Innovation Award, Setting New Milestones in EV and Energy Storage Markets
XING Mobility, a global leader in immersion-cooled battery technology, will participate in CES 2025 from January 7–10 in Las Vegas. Its latest IMMERSIO™ XE50 energy storage battery system has won... Read More
Wingcopter, ITOCHU and ANA test drone-based transport of research blood in Japan
Tokyo, Japan/Weiterstadt, Germany , 19 December 2024. ITOCHU Corporation, Wingcopter’s partner in Japan, have tested the transport of research blood1 using Wingcopter’s delivery drone in a research project. Together with ANA Holdings... Read More
Electra Aero’s eSTOL Aircraft: Revolutionizing Aviation with Ultra Short Takeoff and Landing Technology
Electra Aero’s ultra short takeoff and landing (USTOL) aircraft aims to transform regional air mobility (RAM) with its groundbreaking approach. By combining hybrid-electric propulsion and innovative aerodynamics, this new category... Read More
How to Scale Up Drone Operations for Enterprise
Eversource Energy, a Fortune 500 energy company with over 9000 employees that provides electric, natural gas and water services to more than four million customers in the New England area,... Read More
Drones and AI Analytics Electrify Grid Modernization
Energy infrastructure demands constant attention. As one example, energy companies face significant challenges in maintaining polymer insulators, critical components used to insulate and support high-voltage power lines. Kaitlyn Albertoli, CEO... Read More