Zurich-based uncrewed helo manufacturer SwissDrones has secured “seven-figure” funding in a round led by venture capital company DiamondStream Partners.
EHANG is to participate in the EU-funded SAMVA project to implement the EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) space-based augmentation system in AAM vehicles to enhance integration into U-space low-altitude airspace.
Albers Aerospace is to provide engineering and manufacturing services valued at $5 million to Maryland startup HopFlyt to develop the Vortex channel-wing eVTOL as a Group 5 military uncrewed aircraft designed to carry a 1,000-lb. useful load 500 nm at 200 kt.
Abu Dhabi Airports has signed a memorandum of understanding with French airport operator Groupe ADP to engage in joint planning, development and operation of ground infrastructure for advanced air mobility in the Emirate.
The Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Safety Operations and Innovation will hold a hearing on FAA Reauthorization: Integrating New Entrants into the National Airspace System at 2:15 p.m. Sept. 28.
Montreal-based Limosa is preparing to fly a 10% scale model of its LimoConnect, a seven-seat aircraft eVTOL with eight tilting propellers on tandem wings.
Massachusetts-based Sensata Technologies has provided prototypes of a passive fly-by-wire inceptor for eVTOL aircraft to several AAM manufacturers. Versions with 1, 2 and 3 control axes are available.
Miami-based startup Doroni Aerospace has launched a second crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine, aiming to add $2 million to just more than $1 million raised in April.
Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have received a $371,000 grant from the FAA for a study to inform the development of standards and requirements for the accuracy of detect-and-avoid systems for uncrewed aircraft systems.
Israeli drone safety system developer ParaZero has partnered with local computer vision specialist Sightec to add GPS-free vision-based navigation to the SafeAir autonomously activated parachute recovery system for uncrewed aircraft and urban air mobility vehicles.
Qualcomm has identified urban air mobility aircraft as a target market for its latest Robotics RB6 Platform, which combines cameras, computer vision, artificial intelligence and 5G mobile communications into a single integrated processing system.