Emerging regulations

NASA publishes “considerations playbook” for AAM

Nasa has published its “AAM Community Integration Considerations Playbook” (“considerations playbook”) with the purpose to serve as a practical resource that can help provide initial information to inform local, regional, state, and tribal planning for […]

Research

NASA releases 2023 vision for flight research, commits to sustainability and autonomy

By Jenny Beechener NASA has released the newest iteration of its vision for aeronautics research activities, and it includes exciting, cutting-edge sustainable aviation updates. The Strategic Implementation Plan lays out the research strategy for NASA’s Aeronautics […]

Air taxis and personal transports

FAA “starting to approve” Archer Aviation’s Midnight certification plans

Archer Aviation today announced that its Midnight eVTOL aircraft has continued hitting key certification milestones on schedule, with the FAA recently starting to approve Archer’s certification plans for its Midnight production aircraft and recently issuing […]

Air taxis and personal transports

US aviation trade associations express concerns with FAA proposals on power-lift rules

US aviation trade associations have provided concerned feedback to the US Federal Aviation Administration on a range of issues arising from the agency’s proposed Special Federal Aviation Regulations (SFAR) on “Integration of Powered-Lift: Pilot Certification […]

UTM

FAA live test flights in California demonstrate UAM concepts in cooperation with industry partners

By Jenny Beechener For the past year, uncrewed traffic management (UTM) company ANRA Technologies has been conducting tests supporting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Airspace Management Demonstration (UAMD) project that recently […]

Cargo and logistics

Dufour Aerospace Aero2: Following successful test flights Spright to test third prototype in U.S.

Dufour has announced the Dufour Aerospace X2.2 prototype of the uncrewed Aero2 aircraft successfully demonstrated full transition from vertical take-off to horizontal cruise.  This is the third prototype from the company which it says demonstrates […]