US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy went for a flight with Beta Technologies CEO Kyle Clark in one of the company's electric Alia CTOL aircraft — I expect them to say more about this soon. (Pro subscribers to The Air Current get more details & video preview: theaircurrent.com/intel/transp...)
NEWS: The FAA quietly released its official responses to all of the NTSB's D.C. midair crash recommendations yesterday.
The agency said it has addressed six recs & plans to fully address "more than half" by EOY.
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Correspondence provides glimpse into how the FAA will implement NTSB recommendations from January 2025 midair collision
“What I’ve been saying to politicians for the last 12 months is: Do we want this industry still in Europe or no? Do we want this in Germany or no? And luckily, finally, the answer is yes.”
How ERC is continuing to keep Germany's eVTOL dreams alive: theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev...
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Lilium and Volocopter failed to win political support at home, but ERC stands to benefit from Europe’s new focus on sovereignty
Helios Horizon claims to have made "the first flight of a human-piloted electric plane powered by solid-state batteries." Some battery experts would quibble with their definition, but it's still an impressive achievement, as I report for @theaircurrent.com: theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc...
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US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy went for a flight with Beta Technologies CEO Kyle Clark in one of the company's electric Alia CTOL aircraft — I expect them to say more about this soon. (Pro subscribers to The Air Current get more details & video preview: theaircurrent.com/intel/transp...)
This story is really f***ing interesting.
Program performs first flight with so-called “solid-state batteries” that will power its stratospheric record attempt
Yesterday Mach Industries alluded to a DIU contract award for runway-independent strike aircraft. Today they revealed they're working with Whisper Aero on the program, leveraging Whisper's "stall-proof" JetFoil tech. My deep dive for @theaircurrent.com: theaircurrent.com/technology/w...
Yesterday Mach Industries alluded to a DIU contract award for runway-independent strike aircraft. Today they revealed they're working with Whisper Aero on the program, leveraging Whisper's "stall-proof" JetFoil tech. My deep dive for @theaircurrent.com: theaircurrent.com/technology/w...
Companies will leverage Whisper Aero’s JetFoil tech for Defense Innovation Unit’s RIMES program to field drones that can carry fighter-class weaponry
