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In 2019, the company became Honeywell's first eVTOL customer, buying their fly-by-wire aircraft control systems for a future Vertical Aerospace aircraft, the VA-X4. [10] Further in 2019 they launched their second aircraft, VA-X2, making them the first company in the world to release flight footage of an electric VTOL aircraft capable of ...
Following her requests for federal assistance, New York Governor Kathy Hochul confirmed on December 15 that the federal government is "sending a drone detection system to New York" in order to help track reported drones. [104] [105] Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer also requested for a similar system to be sent to New Jersey. [105] [10]
Aireon was launched in 2011 as a joint venture between satellite communications company Iridium Communications Inc, Nav Canada, NATS, [5] ENAV, [6] Naviair [7] and the Irish Aviation Authority to work on a surveillance system to track aircraft around the globe, beyond the range of ground-based radar and ADS-B receivers, in real time.
GPS aircraft tracking is a means of tracking the position of an aircraft fitted with a satellite navigation device.By communication with navigation satellites, detailed real-time data on flight variables can be passed to a server on the ground.
The entire wing (tilt-wing) can pivot to or just the rotors (tilt-rotor). The Archer Maker, [30] Lilium Jet, Joby S4, [31] Vertical Aerospace VA-X4, and Zuri 2.0 [32] are tilt-rotor craft. The AMSL Aero Vertiia uses a hybrid that pivots the rotor-holding part of its otherwise fixed box wing design. [33]
Flight tracking enables travellers as well as those picking up travellers after a flight to know whether a flight has landed or is on schedule, for example to determine whether it is time to go to the airport. Aircraft carry ADS-B transponders, which transmit information such as the aircraft ID, GPS position, and altitude as radio signals.
A fleet of electric air taxis is set to take off over Sao Paulo by 2025 after a deal between Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes and Irish lessor Avolon to buy or lease 250 of the ...
Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft. First flew in 1993 as the NF-16D (for the MATV program). Designated the X-62A during a major research system upgrade in 2021. Assigned to the USAF Test Pilot School. [76] — X-63: ABL Space Systems: AFRL: 2023 Modular aerospike engine launch vehicle testbed based on RS1. [77]