Tue, Sep 23, 2025
The FAA aims to accelerate the deployment of AAM, or advanced air mobility vehicles.
The new technologies are full of potential to transform aviation, expand connectivity in rural America, reduce road congestion in urban areas, and enhancing medical and emergency transport services. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and AeroVironment announced their collaboration successfully completed the first-ever air launch of a Switchblade 600 loitering munition system from a Block 5 MQ-9A Reaper UAS and marks the first time a Switchblade has been launched from an unmanned aircraft. The SB600 was successfully integrated with the MQ-9A and flight testing was conducted from July 22-24 at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds Test Range in Arizona. Personal aviation company Jetson recently completed the first-ever delivery of its ONE electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and to none other than Oculus and Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey. This comes as Jetson works to shift its business overseas, establishing new headquarters in California. All this -- and MORE in today's
episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 09.16.25 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, September 16th, 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:
- SecTrans Duffy Reveals Plan To Accelerate AAM Vehicles
- GA-ASI And AeroVironment Launch Switchblade 600 From Reaper UAS
- First-ever Jetson ONE eVTOL Delivery Goes to Oculus Founder
- Tidal Flight And DeltaHawk Collab On Hybrid Powerplant
- Russian Drone Strikes Force Poland to Respond
- Vertical Aerospace Ready For Transition Flight Testing
- FAA Asks Airlines to Crack Down on Power Bank Rules
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