Unlocking Opportunity – NUAIR Increases FAA-Approved BVLOS Operating Area to 450 Square Miles

A leap for the uncrewed aviation and advanced air mobility community, NUAIR’s new operational airspace now spans a significant 450 square miles in Central New York. SYRACUSE, NY – March 6, 2025 – From an initial 50-mile narrow corridor in 2016 to a 240 square mile area supporting a wide variety of terrain and infrastructure... Continue reading

AUVSI Statement for the Record – America Builds: Air Traffic Control System Infrastructure and Staffing

Testimony of Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)Submitted for the Record to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation SubcommitteeAmerica Builds: Air Traffic Control System Infrastructure and StaffingMarch 4, 2025Chairman Nehls, Ranking Member Cohen, and Members of the Subcommittee:On behalf of the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), we appreciate... Continue reading

Autopilot hardware redundancy: essential for critical missions

  Hardware redundancy in autopilots is an architecture that enhances the reliability and robustness of control systems in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The design of a system with hardware redundancy ensures that the system will not have a single point of failure, and thus, ensures mission continuity. One of the key advantages of hardware redundancy... Continue reading

Airspace Link: Safely Advancing Data-Driven UAS Operations in Detroit and Across America

Airspace Link, a plucky Michigan-based technology start up, has made significant strides in facilitating data-driven operations that uplift the uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM) industries. In this exclusive interview, Bruce Briglia, Airspace Link’s UAS Project Consultant, discusses how the company continues to shape the innovative Advanced Aerial Innovation Region (AAIR) in... Continue reading

Introducing VigilantHalo–BlueHalo’s Integrated Command and Control System for the Future of Uncrewed Airspace

ARLINGTON, VA – The future of national security will depend on our ability to command the next-generation of uncrewed airspace. To protect against tomorrow’s threats, BlueHalo has introduced VigilantHalo–a software-driven integration platform for real-time airspace Command-and-Control (C2). VigilantHalo’s versatile design supports multiple missions including air traffic control (ATC), beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS), and Counter-Uncrewed Aerial... Continue reading

NIAR develops novel overmolded thermoplastic production process for EVTOL applications

The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University has engineered an advanced thermoplastic rib structure, showcasing the potential of fully automated hybrid thermoforming and injection overmolding.The program, led NIAR’s Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS) cuts production time from 100 hours to two minutes, marking a major breakthrough in aerospace manufacturing... Continue reading

2025 William T. Pecora Award Nominations Now Being Accepted

The William T. Pecora Award is presented annually to individuals or teams using satellite or aerial remote sensing that make outstanding contributions toward understanding the Earth (land, oceans, and air), educating the next generation of scientists, informing decision-makers, or supporting natural or human-induced disaster response. Both national and international nominations are welcome. The award is... Continue reading

Expanding the Reach of Advanced Air Mobility with Hydrogen Op-ed by Bob Tanner, executive director of Aerospace Partnerships at Parallax Advanced Research

Jan 2, 2025 Photo caption: Bob Tanner, executive director of Aerospace Partnerships at Parallax Advanced Research and the Ohio Aerospace Institute  The evolution of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in military and commercial sectors has been rapid and innovative. Lessons learned from these advancements are now shaping the development of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)... Continue reading

Christopher Hewlett, Project ULTRA and Tom Swoyer, GrandSky | Dawn of Autonomy | Episode 59

Join us this week on The Dawn of Autonomy with Tom Swoyer Jr., President of GrandSKY, and Chris Hewlett, Director of Project ULTRA (UAS Logistics, Traffic, Response, Autonomy), as "Data-Driven Ops" month continues, sponsored by Airspace Link. Tom's efforts have significantly contributed to North Dakota's robust flight test, regulatory and operational UAS ecosystem. Chris, a... Continue reading

FlytBase Launches AI-R – Aerial Intelligence for Robots

San Jose, California (USA), February 10, 2025: FlytBase Inc., a leading drone autonomy software platform company, announces the launch of AI-R (short for Aerial Intelligence for Robots), an advanced AI-powered framework designed to integrate AI into every aspect of docked drone operations. AI-R currently introduces top-tier data security, cost-efficient video streaming, and real-time AI processing... Continue reading

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