Kitty Hawk has announced it will be ceasing work on its Flyer personal eVTOL in order to “double down” on its primary eVTOL platform, Heaviside.
Kitty Hawk CEO Sebastian Thrun and Flyer president Alex Roetter explained their decision in a June 3 blog post titled “Our Next Chapter.”
“Today, we are winding down the Flyer project...
ePropelled, a leader in magnetic engineering technology for electro-magnetic motors, today announced they have signed an agreement to bring UAV Propulsion Tech on as a distributor of their electric motors to market their products to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry.
UAV Propulsion Tech represents several ...
Flirtey, the pioneer of the commercial drone delivery industry, announced today it has been granted a critical patent for the safe and precise drone delivery of packages. This key patent describes a combination of hardware and software that enables the delivery of packages by a drone, potentially lifting the package to pick it up, holding it securely ...
This week, on land north of Toronto that previously burned in a wildfire, drones are hovering over fields and firing seed pods into the ground, planting native pine and spruce trees to help restore habitat for birds. Flash Forest, the Canadian startup behind the project, plans to use its technology to plant 40,000 trees in the area this month. By the ...
A dangerously close encounter between a camera drone and six F/A-18 Hornets flying in formation during a recent U.S. Navy Blue Angels demonstration over Detroit, Mich., confirms the latest aviation safety research released by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
The study, published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Aviation, Aeronau...
EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, announced that it has entered a strategic partnership with LN Holdings (000524.SZ), a Shenzhen-listed tourism platform company, to further commercialize its AAVs by integrating Urban Air ...
Everdrone, a global leader in autonomous drone technology, today announced it is now deploying a drone system that delivers Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to the scene of cardiac arrests. In doing so, bystanders will now have the ability to initiate life-saving measures while awaiting professional medical care.
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests ...
Steptoe has secured a significant trial victory for Autel Robotics USA at the US International Trade Commission (ITC). On March 2, the chief administrative law judge of the ITC found that SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd. and seven related entities (together known as "DJI"), the world’s largest maker of consumer drones, violated Section 337 of the Tariff ...
The Drone Racing League (DRL), the world's premier, professional circuit for drone racing, today announced that the first-ever fantasy virtual drone racing series, the 2020 FanDuel DRL SIM Racing Cup, will premiere on Saturday, May 16 at 2:30pm ET on NBCSN. The series will run for eight weekends on NBCSN and Twitter. The ...
Residents of San Mateo and Contra Costa counties in California can now sign up to participate in the trials at https://www.divedelivery.com - upon signing up, when ready, Dive Delivery will send out a Part 107 certified remote pilot to first conduct a test flight without any cargo. After a successful test, the certified remote pilot will affix a ...
