Schiebel, the market leader in Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Air Systems (UAS), was awarded the coveted maritime surveillance service provision contract by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). Continue reading
Category Archives: VTOL
UMS SKELDAR Teams with Scanfil for Production
UMS SKELDAR has teamed up with international outsource manufacturing contractor Scanfil to ramp up its volume production capability. Continue reading
Bell, Yamato Team on eVTOL Logistics
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. announced their strategic collaboration for the future of civilian aerial logistics. Together they aspire to be a global leader in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) logistics and plan to do so by collaborating to integrate innovative autonomous unmanned vehicle systems and package handling systems to create an exceptional customer experience for on-demand logistics services. Continue reading
Bell and Garmin Team on Mobility Avionics Systems
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced that it signed teaming agreement with Garmin International, Inc. on the development and integration of the autonomous vehicle management computer (VMC) systems to support Bell’s vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Continue reading
Astro Completes Successful Flight Test of eVTOL Project
Astro Aerospace, the company creating autonomous, eVTOL (Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing) aerial vehicles has announced the success of their recent flight testing just North of Toronto, in Markham Ontario, Canada. Continue reading
Bell Demonstrates Distributed Propulsion Aircraft
Bell Helicopter demonstrated its unmanned Hybrid Drive Train Research Aircraft (HYDRA) at the first Tech Demo edition of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Center of Excellence in Alma, Quebec, last week. Continue reading
Bell Unveils V-247 Vigilant Tilt-Rotor Combat Drone
As the U.S. Marine Corps looks to move ahead with its multi-role, vertical landing and takeoff-capable drone program, known as MUX, Bell has unveiled a new, full-scale mock-up of its V-247 Vigilant unmanned tilt-rotor at a technology exposition at one of the service’s own bases. The company has been actively pitching the design as an option for MUX project, but it has a modular design that could make it appealing to other U.S. and foreign military services, as well. Continue reading
Airobotics Opens North American HQ in Arizona
Airobotics, an Israeli automated drone company,announced that it will open its North American headquarters at 8340 E. Raintree Drive in Scottsdale. The company, which also has offices in Australia, Chile and New Caledonia, plans to create 80 jobs in Scottsdale by the end of 2019. Continue reading