FAA Administrator: AAM Plan on the Horizon
‘If you’re looking for the code to the front door of the next generation of aviation, here it is,’ FAA chief Billy Nolen said.
‘If you’re looking for the code to the front door of the next generation of aviation, here it is,’ FAA chief Billy Nolen said.
The firm joins Wing, UPS, Amazon, Zipline as the newest Part 135 drone operator.
The project is studying how commercial unmanned aerial systems interact with GA traffic and in complex operating environments.
Xwing will share flight and ground operations data, algorithms, and pertinent autonomous subject matter expertise with NASA. In turn, NASA researchers will use the information to develop a safety management system (SMS) where regular pilot-less flights can be integrated into the national airspace system.
Additional stations will allow company to deploy automated drones without operators from more places.
A U.S. Air Force pilot recently successfully flew an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft during remote pilot in control (rPIC) training, marking the first government flight of a remotely piloted eVTOL, the Air Force said. “A crucial thing that the RC controller allows you to do that a completely unmanned or a completely […]