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United Airlines has opened a partnership with JetZero that could eventually put it on course to receive 200 Z4 “all wing” aircraft.
The design aims to reduce fuel consumption by up to 50 percent. The investment was pushed through under United Airlines Ventures, which was created specifically to “support our efforts to find innovative companies that can enhance the customer travel experience and help the airline lower its carbon footprint,” explained UAV head Andrew Chang. The MQ-9A Reaper recently surpassed 1,000 flight hours in training exercises with the US Marine Corps. The milestone was met during a set of Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) courses. The USMC has been operating GA-ASI’s MQ-9A Reaper drones since September of 2018, though they were initially under a Company-Owned/Company Operated (COCO) lease agreement. For the fourth time since 2017, Congress is reviewing a bill that could completely reshape low-level drone flight in the US. The Drone Integration and Zoning Act would allow all 90,000 of the nation’s local governments to regulate drones below 200 feet as they please. All this -- and
MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 04.29.25 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, April 29th, 2025... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Holland Lee, Sophie Hurlock, Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, and Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, this episode covers:
- United to Purchase Up To 200 JetZero Z4 Aircraft
- MQ-9A Reaper Logs First Thousand Hours As a Marine
- New Bill Could Put A Major Hit On Low-Level Drone Ops
- Boom Gears Up to Test Symphony Engine in Colorado
- Archer Gets UAE Design Approval For First Hybrid Heliport
- Sierra Space Replicates Hypervelocity Impacts On Space Station
- SpaceX Successfully Launches Commercial Resupply CRS-32 Mission
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