NASA has signed an agreement with Massachusetts-based Clark University and the Girvan Institute to establish an unmanned air vehicles (UAV) applications centre in the NASA Research Park close to the Ames Research Center, California. The centre will study science and commercial applications of UAVs equipped with high-resolution digital imaging systems, and will plan future campaigns, develop operating procedures and test data acquisition, transfer and applications.
Source: Flight International
EHang’s EH216-S autonomous electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) has completed its first test flight using solid-state lithium batteries.
Chinese aerospace firm Air White Whale has assembled its first unmanned cargo aircraft – also the world’s largest – as it works towards eventual certification and delivery in 2026.
UK regulators have set out the steps needed to open the country’s airspace for widespread operation of uncrewed air systems (UAS) by 2027 to “maximise [their] economic and social benefits”.
