‘It’s cool and it’s real’: More than 100 successful test flights of robo air taxi over Oregon BY Tom Banse OCT 09, 2019 at 10:59 AM Northwest News Network A drone air taxi designed by Airbus has successfully completed 114 test flights in Pacific Northwest skies. Airbus, along with its rival Boeing and many others, … Continued
NASA, Uber Working Together To Develop Systems For Flying Cars By Inigo Monzon 10/09/19 AT 12:15 AM NASA and ridesharing firm Uber have teamed up to study and analyze the technology and logistics involved in launching a traffic network for flying cars. The collaboration is part of NASA’s Urban Air Mobility (UAM) project. The UAM … Continued
Boeing Funds New Lab Facility within Stanford University’s Aero/Astro Department PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 7, 2019—Boeing [NYSE: BA] is funding the creation of a state-of-the-art laboratory facility dedicated to the research and testing of autonomous aerial vehicles within Stanford University’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The Boeing Flight & Autonomy Laboratory features a control room … Continued
The Urban Helicopter Dream Is Rising Again LAURA BLISS 8:00 AM ET Voom, a new and more “affordable” aerial taxi service, has launched in the Bay Area, with a promise to democratize a mobility mode with an elite reputation. A thousand-plus feet above Silicon Valley, I watched the quilt of tech campuses, cul-de-sacs, and forest … Continued
FAA Successfully Completes Final ADS-B Milestone WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completed its final implementation milestone with Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B), the state-of-the-art surveillance system that enables air traffic controllers to track aircraft with greater accuracy and reliability. The last two of the 155 airports to receive ADS-B, Akron-Canton Airport and Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, both … Continued
NASA takes delivery of its first all-electric x-plane The X-57’s Mod II vehicle features the replacement of traditional combustion engines on a baseline Tecnam P2006T aircraft, with electric cruise motors. Oct 3rd, 2019 – AFRC TV / Steve Parcel WASHINGTON – The first all-electric configuration of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell now is at the agency’s Armstrong … Continued
Air Force denies request for F-35 demonstration at Truax Field October 3, 2019 – MITCHELL SCHMIDT mschmidt@madison.com The U.S. Air Force has denied requests for a demonstration of the noise difference between the F-16 jets already present at Truax Field and proposed, louder F-35 jets. In a letter to U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Black Earth, … Continued
High-tech ads set to dazzle travelers at San Jose airport First-in-the-nation digital advertising technology readies San Jose airport debut By GEORGE AVALOS | gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: October 3, 2019 at 10:14 am | UPDATED: October 4, 2019 at 6:36 am SAN JOSE — San Jose International Airport is about to become … Continued
John Wayne Airport Welcomes New Fuel-Efficient, Quieter Aircraft Delta Replacing B717-200 with Airbus A220-100. John Wayne Airport (SNA)OCTOBER 1, 2019 Beginning Oct. 1, Delta Air Lines will fly the fuel-efficient, quieter Airbus A220-100 aircraft on its five daily nonstops between John Wayne Airport (JWA) and Salt Lake City. In addition to improved fuel efficiency, the … Continued
UPS just won FAA approval to fly as many delivery drones as it wants But don’t expect your next package delivery via drone By Jay Peters Oct 1, 2019, 3:27pm EDT UPS announced that it has received government approval to operate a “drone airline.” Don’t expect your next package to arrive directly on your doorstep … Continued
