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ECA Group brings its aerial drone, the IT180 UAV, to a new level with enhanced capabilities: agnostic and scalable payloads, enhanced vision, displayed data collection, real-time and georeferenced situational awareness.
ECA Group s IT180 UAV (Picture source: Army Recognition)
Robust, reliable, resilient and performant, ECA Group s IT180 is a mini long-endurance electrical Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle – UAV. The IT180 carries multiple payloads and performs various missions discreetly, with live and enhanced vision, superior tracking for Defence and Security missions. Its low radiated noise and radar cross section allow to perform covert operations, making it the ideal solution for numerous missions that require seeing without being seen: intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, reconnaissance, integration of more and heavier payloads.
Israel Aerospace wins loitering munitions deals worth $100m
The contracts include the sale of the multi-purpose ROTEM system, the naval version of the HAROP, and the ground version of the HAROP to unnamed countries. Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) (TASE: ARSP.B1) has announced the signing of three contract worth over $100 million to supply loitering munitions systems to several countries. The contracts include the award of an international tender for the sale of the multi-purpose ROTEM system to a foreign country, sale of the naval version of the HAROP system to an Asian navy, and sale of the ground version of the HAROP system to another customer in Asia.
Earlier this year Cadillac revealed a concept for a quadcopter drone-like flying car at CES. But it’s not the only one who is exploring flying cars, as well as the necessary infrastructure.
Hyundai and the UK government are actually partnering with Urban Air Port to launch the world’s first “hub for future electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft.”
According to Hyundai’s press release, the hub, which is being called “Air-One,” will launch later this year. It sounds like that will mean some demonstration runs will be run from the hub (which is in Coventry) to show how much less traffic there would be if we were all flying.
The project is aimed at providing practical infrastructure for electric VTOL craft that could transport people and goods around cities in the future
Hyundai Motor Group, Coventry City Council and the UK Government have partnered with Urban Air Port to launch what is described as the world s first site – Air One – to demonstrate the potential of urban air mobility for the UK and worldwide.
The Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group has chosen Urban Air Port as its priority infrastructure partner to support global growth of this new sector. The South Korean company plans to create its own e-VTOL aircraft and support the broader urban air mobility eco-system. Hyundai Motor Group is supporting the development of Air-One as part of its plan to commercialise its aircraft by 2028.
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One of the biggest drawbacks of eVTOLs (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft), besides lack of regulation, is the lack of infrastructure. While working on its own eVTOL, Hyundai has also imagined the first vertiport – and it’s a pop-up one. 6 photos
Hyundai prefers the name Urban Air Port instead of the vertiport term favored by other players in the game. This one is called Air-One, and it will be fully operational in November this year after it was chosen as the winner of the Future Flight Challenge by the UK government. It will be located in Conventry, England, and will take mere days to set up – hence the “pop-up” reference above.