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August 08, 2023

Airborne-NextGen 08.08.23: USAF AI, UAV Safety Chute, Skydio Ukraine

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Utilizing complex Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms and sophisticated automation technologies, Air Force researchers have successfully performed the first unmanned, wholly autonomous flight of an aircraft. The three-hour sortie was flown by an XQ-58A Valkyrie, an experimental, stealthy, Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) designed and built by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions for USAF’s Low Cost Attritable Strike Demonstrator (LCASD) program. ParaZero Technologies recently inked a deal to supply their SafeAir system to an “air taxi and cargo drone solutions company in the USA. ParaZero’s SafeAir is, looking past the corpora

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Over-Restrictive FAA Regulatory Initiative Stands to Devastate Air Tour Industry

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The Federal Aviation Administration contends it is moving to improve the collective safety of air-tours across the state of Hawaii. The agency has outlined, more or less, what it touts a “consistent new process where air-tour operators can receive authorization to safely descend below specific altitudes to avoid flying into bad weather. The FAA's plan is broadly opposed and its underlying rationale contested.