Future Flight - October 2022

In this issue

In this month's magazine:
S-Plane converts Mwari, First Flying Race Car, Elektra Trainer's first flight, Boeing's MQ28 Ghost Bat, Heart Aerospace ES-30 and more.

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JOBY DESIGNED FOR DAILY LIFE

1 min

US AIR FORCE TO START NEW EXPERIMENTS WITH BOEING'S MQ-28 GHOST BAT DRONE

The US Air Force is set to begin flight experiments with Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat, a combat drone developed for the Australian air force that may help its American counterpart learn how to operate unmanned aircraft alongside fighter jets.

4 mins

GENERAL ATOMICS DEVELOPING HYBRID-ELECTRIC ENGINE FOR STEALTHY 'MQ-NEXT' DRONE DESIGN

"We believe that GA is going to pioneer a completely new way to propel airborne air breathing vehicles," said Mike Atwood, the firm's senior director of advanced programmes.

3 mins

MAIDEN FLIGHT OF THE ELEKTRA TRAINER

On 29 June 2022, a two-seater electric ultralight aircraft Elektra Trainer from Elektra Solar GmbH (a spin-off of the DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics) took off for its maiden flight at Memmingen International AirportElectric flying in Germany is becoming a reality step by step.

2 mins

FLOATING, FOILING AND FLYING: HOW DOES REGENT'S ELECTRIC SEAGLIDER WORK?

It has been a busy time for progress in electric aviation, with several new aircraft and vehicles taking to the skies for test flights across the world recently, including a new type of vehicle that will transport passengers just a few feet above the surface of the water.

3 mins

PLANS FOR 30-SEAT ELECTRIC REGIONAL AIRLINER

In 2020 the Swedish start-up revealed its 19-seat ES-19. However, Heart Aerospace has now unveiled a design for its 30-seat ES-30 electric regional airliner. During a 15 September event at Heart's Gothenburg headquarters, Air Canada and Swedish aerospace and defence group Saab each committed to investing $5 million in the venture.

2 mins

FIRST FLIGHT FOR STUDENT-BUILT ELECTRIC SLING

The four-seater was developed and assembled by 20 students at ETH Zurich over two years at Innovation Park in Dübendorf, Switzerland, as part of their studies towards their bachelor's degrees.

2 mins

M3 SYSTEMS, PIPISTREL, VOLOCOPTER COMPLETE DECONFLICTION TESTS

M3 Systems, air traffic (ATM) and management unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operator, light and electric aircraft manufacturer, Pipistrel and Volocopter, a pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), have completed their first joint flight test campaign in France at Pontoise airfield.

3 mins

WISK UNVEILS GENERATION SIX eVTOL AIR TAXI PROTOTYPE

The four-passenger, all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is the first candidate for FAA certification for autonomous, passenger-carrying air taxi, the company said.

1 min

ZEPHATALI WALSH MAKES HISTORY AS WINNER OF THE WORLD'S FIRST FLYING CAR RACE

A landmark moment in both the history of motorsport and the genesis of the flying car mobility revolution has been made in the salt flats of South Australia. Airspeeder pilot Zephatali Walsh beat fellow-competitor Fabio Tischler in a tense and close inaugural EXA remotely piloted race. This was the first time two pilots were given full license to race their 4.1m long eVTOL race-craft blade-to-blade in a fully competitive race setting.

5 mins

Autonomous concepts aiming to drive superiority for tomorrow's war fighter

As the battlefield of tomorrow becomes increasingly complex, BAE Systems' work in developing early lifecycle Uncrewed Aerial Systems capability could play a key role in maintaining critical advantage.

5 mins

S-PLANE TO CONVERT MWARI TO OPTIONALLY PILOTED AIRCRAFT

South African Paramount Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with S-Plane Automation that will integrate its optionally piloted vehicle solution onto Paramount's Mwari aircraft.

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Future Flight Magazine Description:

Since the main publication has become far too large, we have decided to publish a second monthly aviation magazine that will specifically deal with all futuristic flight matters such as Drones, Urban Mobility and eVTOLs, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), Electric Aviation, Hydrogen Power, Space Flight developments, Supersonic Flight and many other innovations within aviation.