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All News

January 17, 2020

DJI Bringing Back The Phantom Drone

Has Not Been In Stores For More Than A Year

The DJI Phantom line of drones, considered by some to be the industry standard, vanished from store shelves about 14 months ago. At the time, DJI cited a "parts shortage" that prevented it from manufacturing new Phantom drones.

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Call For Entries Opened For 2020 AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards

Nominations Now Open To Honor Innovators In The Unmanned Industry

The Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) has opened the call for entries for the third annual AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards. Five new categories have been added to the program, one of which is dedicated to highlighting the incredible work by public safety professionals with unmanned systems. DJI will again sponsor the Humanitarian Award and the new Public Safety Award.

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vHive Partners With DFS Autonomous Systems And Its Subsidiary Consortiq

Will Deliver An End-To-End Drone Solution For Enterprises

vHive, a software solution that enables enterprises to digitize their field assets and operations using autonomous drone hives, has partnered with DFS Autonomous Systems LLC (DAS) and its subsidiary Consortiq to extend its drone software solution offering to enterprise customers.

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Report: Air Taxi Market to Reach $6.63 Billion Globally By 2030

Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) Forecast To Be More Than 26 Percent

Allied Market Research has published a report titled, "Air Taxi Market by Propulsion Type (Parallel Hybrid, Electric, Turboshaft, and Turboelectric), Aircraft Type (Multicopter, Quadcopter, and Others), and Passenger Capacity (One, Two, Four, and More than six): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021–2030." According to the report, the global air taxi market is estimated to reach $817.50 million by 2021, and is expected to grow $6.63 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 26.2% from 2021 to 2030.

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Electric Silent Falcon E1 Surpasses 500 Hours Of Flight Test Time

Solar, Fixed-Wing UAS Has A Ceiling Of 20,000 Feet, Carries 20 Pounds

The Silent Falcon E1 UAV has completed 500 hours of successful flight testing and operations, according to an announcement from Albuquerque-based UAS service provider Silent Falcon UAS Technologies. The E1 is a solar electric, fixed wing, Unmanned Aircraft System. It is noise free, emission free, and provides long range, low cost ISR capability.

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PAL Aerospace Announces Consolidation Plan

Merges Engineering, Design, Certification And Modification Capacity

PAL Aerospace is pleased to announce the consolidation of its engineering, design, certification and aircraft modification capacity under the PAL Aerospace brand. As part of this consolidation, DECA Aviation will now operate within PAL Aerospace.

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FAA Certifies Concorde Batteries For Installation On Gulfstream G350/G450

STC Includes Temperature Sensors To Mount In Each Battery

Gulfstream G350 & G450 operators now have a second battery option available by using Concorde STC ST00890DE. The FAA STC approves installation of Concorde’s Platinum Series RG-380E/46L sealed lead acid batteries in place of original equipment lead acid batteries.

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U.S. Restricts Most Charter Flights To Cuba

Only Flights To Havana's Marti International Airport Will Be Allowed

The U.S. State Department has placed additional restrictions on flights to Cuba, banning all public charter flights between the United States and Cuban destinations other than Havana’s José Martí International Airport.

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Joby Aviation Raises $590 Million To Launch Air Taxi Service

Toyota Motor Corporation Leads the Investment Round With $394 Million Investment

Joby Aviation, a pioneer in the development of an electric air taxi, has raised $590 million in Series C funding led by Toyota Motor Corporation. This new investment brings the Company's total funding, including previous rounds, to $720 million.

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Foley: Flight Shaming Hits Business Aviation And Other Predictions For 2020

This Year Could Shape Up Much Differently From Last Year

Oftentimes industry outlooks tend to be nothing more than an extrapolation of what’s already happening at the end of the year rolled into next. For private aviation however, there are developments that would suggest that 2020 will shape up much differently than 2019. Here are some thoughts, trends and predictions for the year from aviation analyst and consultant Brian Foley.

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