Wed, Aug 13, 2025
The US Department of Transportation has officially dropped a long-anticipated rule that could change the game for American drone operators.
Unveiled August 6 by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the new proposed rule would (finally) allow unmanned aircraft to fly beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) without case-by-case exemptions. Archer Aviation announced two strategic acquisitions intended to speed up the development of its next-generation defense aircraft. Overair, a spinoff of Karem Aircraft, and Mission Critical Composites bring to Archer a patent portfolio, critical talent, composite manufacturing assets and a 60,000 sq ft facility specializing in defense composites. Pivotal recently put on a series of public safety demos for several fire agencies in California to showcase the potential of its single-seat aircraft to drastically improve emergency response capabilities, particularly in locations where terrain, time, or traffic could be the difference between life and death. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 08.12.25 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, August 12th, 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:
- FAA Publishes Long-Awaited NPRM to Expand Drone Operations
- Archer Fires Up Defense Program With Acquisitions
- California Fire Agencies Keen On Pivotal’s eVTOL
- The Month of Model Aviation Begins!
- ANA, Joby Form JV For Air Taxi Ops In Japan
- Embraer Receives STC For Starlink In Praetor, Legacy Models
- Surprise, Surprise: Virgin Galactic Delays Space Tourism Project
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