Future Flight - April 2023

In this issue

Future Flight 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.

AIRBUS ACHIEVES IN-FLIGHT AUTONOMOUS GUIDANCE AND CONTROL OF A DRONE FROM A TANKER AIRCRAFT

Airbus Defence and Space and the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Airbus UpNext, have achieved in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a drone using an A310 MRTT

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FLYH2 ANNOUNCES THE SUCCESSFUL MAIDEN FLIGHTS OF DRAGONFLY V

Cape Town based FlyH2 Aerospace has announced the successful maiden flights of its hydrogen-electric Dragonfly V, a commercial UAV (or drone) designed for a range of applications requiring long endurance or payload flexibility. The flight tests took place last week in Citrusdal, approximately two hours outside of Cape Town, South Africa

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MALIAN AIR FORCE COMMISSIONS BAYRAKTAR TB2 UAVs

Mali’s Air Force continues to expand through new equipment deliveries, with the most recent batch of hardware accepted into service including Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Turkey and L-39 trainer and light attack jets from Russia

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TURKISH AKSUNGUR UAVS FOR ANGOLA

Becoming the first confirmed African nation to order Aksungur medium-altitude, long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Angola has ordered the drones from Turkish Aerospace Industries

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ZIPLINE UNVEILS NEW AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM CAPABLE OF QUIET, FAST AND PRECISE HOME DELIVERY

Last month Zipline unveiled its new platform that provides quiet, fast and precise autonomous delivery directly to homes in cities and suburbs. The company’s next-generation home delivery platform is practically silent (designed to sound like wind rustling leaves) and is expected to deliver up to seven times as fast as traditional automobile delivery, completing 10-mile deliveries in about 10 minutes

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AUSTRALIA's FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT UNVEILED

South Australia will be home to Australia’s first commercially produced electric aircraft, with Adelaide-based Bader Aero already taking orders for their new plane. The E22 Spark aircraft was unveiled to the public for the first time at Adelaide Motorsport Festival as part of RAA’s e-motions display in Victoria Park

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HEART AEROSPACE TO EXPLORE EARLY USE CASE FOR ELECTRIC ES-30 AIRPLANE WITH ÅLAND ISLANDS

On 23 March Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace and the Government of Åland announced a collaboration to explore the use of Heart’s electric regional airplane, the ES-30, in developing sustainable air services for the Baltic Sea group of islands

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JEKTA SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT WITH GAYO AVIATION FOR TEN PHA-ZE 100 AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT

THE JEKTA PHA-ZE 100 ELECTRICALLY POWERED AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT IN 19 seat configuration and on water

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eVTOL TECH TO BRIDGE INDIA'S AIR CONNECTIVITY GAP

The creation of an electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) ecosystem in India aligns with the Indian government’s Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) (Hindi: Let the common citizens of the country fly) initiative, a regional airport development programme undertaken for purpose of upgrading underserviced air routes and improving the Indian population’s access to air transportation. The UDAN initiative is part of the Indian government’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)

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NORWEGIAN FOUNDATION COLLABORATES WITH AIRBUS ON EVTOL

With more than 40 years of experience in emergency medical response, the Norsk Luftambulanse supports pre-hospital care across the country. It is working alongside Airbus to come up with eVTOL solutions

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HONEYWELL AND WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC PARTNER ON H2 AERO FUEL-CELL SOLUTIONS

A new partnership between Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), USA and Honeywell Aerospace aims to reduce the aviation industry’s carbon footprint by examining means by which hydrogen fuel-cells may be utilized to power future generations of aircraft

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JETBLUE AND SHELL AVIATION ANNOUNCE LAX SAF AGREEMENT

On 14 March 2023 the US low-cost airline JetBlue, currently at odds with the Biden administration over its proposed acquisition of Spirit Airlines and Shell Aviation announced that the two companies would collaborate to bolster the Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). JetBlue and Shell Aviation look to commence SAF deliveries to LAX in the first half of 2023

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ARTEMIS II ASTRONAUTS NAMED

NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) made public the names of the four astronauts selected to serve as the Artemis II mission’s primary crew

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US GOVERNMENT EMPHASISES SPEED AND SUSTAINABILITY AS TOP AERONAUTICS PRIORITIES

The Administration’s vision for continued global leadership notes supersonic flight’s emerging commercial interest and underscores the criticality of sustainable aviation

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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.