Produced by UAS Magazine and Organized by BBI International
July 15, 2024
BY UAS Magazine
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SkyDrive Inc. and SAI Flight have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop innovative business opportunities utilizing the cutting-edge SKYDRIVE electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The collaboration will focus on advancing air-cargo, air-taxi, and emergency service use cases, paving the way for a new era of efficient and versatile intra-community air travel.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), completed its final qualification test for its new 200-horsepower heavy fuel engine at its El Mirage, California, flight facility. The Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE) 2.0 is a highly reliable low-maintenance engine with a 40 percent increase in service life providing longer maintenance-free operational periods.
AeroVironment, Inc. and BlueHalo LLC announced the execution of a definitive agreement under which it will acquire BlueHalo in an all-stock transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $4.1 billion, creating a more diversified global leader in all-domain defense technologies
Silent Arrow announced it has been selected by The Air Force Research Laboratory for a $1.8M Direct to Phase II SBIR contract focused on building and flight testing the Silent Arrow CLS-200 attritable special missions Unmanned Aircraft System.
IIT Kanpur Research and Technology Park Foundation (Technopark@IITK) has entered into agreements with two Special Purpose Vehicles – UAS Testing Foundation and Communication (Defence) Testing Foundation – to establish state-of-the-art Defence Testing Infrastructure at Technopark@IITK. These facilities will focus on two critical domains of Defence: Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Communication Systems.