Fri, Jan 06, 2023
Leonardo has completed the first phase of flight testing for its upcoming Falco Xplorer drone.
The aircraft now moves on to the second phase of the campaign as part of the company's "Be Tomorrow 2030" plan. The Xplorer will be the largest UAV ever made by Leonardo. The company says it has everything it needs for a successful, combat-ready UAV platform, from sensors and aeronautics to software and control. Advanced Aircraft Company has been selected to develop a tilt-wing prototype UAV for NASA. The "aero-activated", uncrewed aircraft will make considerable use of 3D printed materials and lightweight alloys throughout the development process, from rapid iteration all the way to small scale production. Rajwinder Singh plead guilty to the charge of operating an aircraft without a permit, netting himself a $10,000 CAD fine. His drone operation fell under section 2(3) of the Aircraft Access Regulations of the Canada National Parks Act, which ensures that all parks are ‘no drone zones’. The statute has been gaining more attention this year, particularly after an embarrassing run-in with a
UAV in September that grounded firefighting operations for more than an hour. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 12.28.22 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Wednesday, December 28th, 2022... 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:
- Falco Xplorer Completes Phase 1 Testing
- Advanced Aircraft Company Nabs NASA Tilt Wing Contract
- Canada Issues Big Fine for Drone Operation
- H3 Dynamics, HyLight Embark on H2-Powered Airships
- 'Multimodal Hydrogen Airport Hub' Whitepaper Published
- General Atomics Tests NATO-Spec Sensor Pod
- Hermeus-Pratt & Whitney Partnership Announced
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again next week for the next edition of "Airborne-NextGen" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, next week!
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