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24 February 2021 Company has spent more than a decade developing piloted, all-electric, vertical takeoff and landing passenger aircraft, with over 1,000 test flights conducted to date Intends to operate clean, quiet and affordable air taxi service starting in 2024 First company to agree certification basis for an eVTOL aircraft with FAA First company to be granted airworthiness approval for an eVTOL aircraft by U.S. Air Force Company has strategic partnership with Toyota for production and recently acquired Uber Elevate Transaction values combined company at $6.6 billion post-money equity val...

24 February 2021 AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), today announced it has acquired Progeny Systems Corporation’s Intelligent Systems Group (ISG), a leader in the development of artificial intelligence-enabled computer vision, machine learning and perceptive autonomy technologies and provider of related services to United States government customers. The acquisition will significantly accelerate AeroVironment’s development of advanced autonomy capabilities for the company’s growing portfolio of intelligent, multi-domain ro...

24 February 2021 Fully leased building is testament to the high demand from UAS companies to be North Dakota GRAND FORKS, N.D. —  Grand Sky Development Company, LLC (Grand Sky) has entered into lease agreements with four tenants to occupy the entirety of the new Multi-Tenant Building 1 (MT1) at the business and aviation park. The tenants include General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Northern Plains UAS Test Site, Grand Sky Airfield Operations, LLC and Innovets Aerospace. The Northern Plains UAS Test Site has signed a 10-year lease in the MT1 building at Grand Sky and has plans to use...

24 February 2021 UMS SKELDAR the first to introduce full automatic take-off and landing in a naval setting, advancing the technology beyond assisted mode and removing the need for manned crew interaction Europe’s leading provider of Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms, UMS SKELDAR, is announcing a unique achievement for its flagship SKELDAR V-200 UAV platform – the successful automatic take-off and landing (ATOL) of a tactical UAV from a ship. While full ATOL capability on land is a native characteristic of the V-200, UMS SKELDAR are the first company to achieve this unique ATO...

23 February 2021 After being the first flying car to get road permission for Europe, PAL-V is now also the first to complete the full certification basis with EASA. Based on PAL-V’s 10 years of test results, EASA specialist teams finalized the requirements for the PAL-V Liberty. The issuance last week, after industry consultation, shows the confidence of the European authorities and the maturity of the design and the company. The final phase is the compliance demonstration before CarFlying becomes reality for PAL-V’s customers. “Getting a flying car to the market is hard. It takes at le...