Jetson got an unusual invite from the GOPR Polish Mountain Rescue Team: Try out a pair of their production single-seat eVTOLs in a rescue scenario. The team travelled to southern Poland with some Jetson ONEs in tow, trying out a number of practice scenarios in the local mountainscape. Bell Helicopter has been down-selected for Phase 2 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s SPRINT X-Plane program. This is a positive turn of DARPA phrase that indicates Bell will move forward in the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane program and complete their design for a demonstrator. They’ll go as far as construction, ground testing, and certification of the aircraft eventually, and hopefully snag some plush contracts along the way. China’s space program took a bold step forward as two of its satellites in geosynchronous orbit appeared to dock in what might have been the country’s first attempt at refueling a satellite. Multiple civilian private satellite trackers using open source telescope imaging showed the Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites moving closer together and then merge into a single object. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!

 

 

Jetson ONE Demonstrates Rescue Capability with Mountain Flights in Poland

Bell Moves Forward with X-Plane for SPRINT

Chinese Satellites Appear To Dock For Possible Refueling

Congress Confirms New FAA Head  

Space Tracking Initiative Under the Budget Crosshairs

Australian Vertiia Manufacturer Gets New CEO

Wright Electric Offers Smaller, Lighter Start Cart

 

 

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