Technion's faculty of aerospace engineering in Haifa, Israel has developed a system for refuelling one unmanned air vehicle from another. Students have developed an algorithm that controls a camera attached to the end of the refuelling boom and linked to a computer in the "tanker" UAV.
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”.
