Also: Rotax AD, FAA on Starship Mishap, Transformative Vertical Flight 2025, Horizon 

Skyryse recently announced its partnership with the U.S. Army to modernize its aviation capabilities. 

The collaboration aims to reduce pilot training time, increase interoperability between aircraft, and provide optionally piloted capabilities for the Army’s fleet, including 2,400 Black Hawk helicopters. Amazon put a temporary stop to testing its drone delivery program, Prime Air, in Texas and Arizona on January 17. The decision follows two drone incidents in late 2024. In September 2024, the company’s drone operators were simulating how drones would perform when one of the propellers failed and unintentionally launched two test flights at once, causing the pair of drones to collide. DJI recently launched its new ‘Flip’ drone to cater to content creators and newbies. The Flip drone is a compact, foldable model that weighs under 249 grams, making it highly portable and exempt from FAA registration requirements for recreational use. It is equipped with a 1/1.3-inch CMOS sensor capable of capturing 48MP photos and shooting 4K HDR video at 60 fps. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!

Airborne-NextGen 01.22.25 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Wednesday, January 22nd, 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:

• Skyryse Partners with U.S. Army to Enhance Black Hawk
• Amazon Pauses Drone Delivery Program Tests
• DJI Debuts New ‘Flip’ Drone  
• EASA Issues Emergency AD For Certain Rotax Engines
• FAA Statement On Starship Flight 7 Accident
• VFS Holding Transformative Vertical Flight 2025 Conference  
• Discovery Air Chile Leases eVTOLs From Horizon Aircraft  

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