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.

AUSTRALIA TO DEPLOY AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT IN 2025

On 27 February Airspace Australia said it has completed prototyping on its Flight Information Management System (FIMS) for UAS and is now focused on delivering a product in 2025.

2 mins

BAE UNWRAPS STRIX VTOL STRIKE DRONE WITH 800KM RANGE AT AVALON

BAE Systems Australia used the first day of the biggest Avalon Air Show in history to unveil its new Strix long-range strike and ISR drone.

2 mins

DO CONSUMERS TRUST THE IDEA OF DRONE DELIVERY?

While a stunning 90% of all Americans surveyed indicate that they are interested in ordering products for drone or driverless delivery, there are obvious concerns with safety, privacy and logistics.

4 mins

ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT MARKET TO REACH US$27.7-BILLION BY 2030

The global market for electric aircraft is estimated to be $7.9-billion in 2023 and is projected to reach $27.7-billion by 2030 at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 14.8-percent during the forecast period. The market’s growth is driven primarily by the deployment of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) aircraft and the increasing use of electric aircraft for cargo applications and commercial aerial mission-specific activities.

3 mins

LUFTHANSA AVIATION TRAINING BECOMES LAUNCH CUSTOMER FOR THE ALL-ELECTRIC EDA40

Diamond Aircraft Austria and Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to jointly explore and develop opportunities for a more sustainable flight training. The cooperation includes testing of the all-electric eDA40 in a real training environment, an eDA40 purchase intention to supplement the current DA40 NG fleet as well as analyses for the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels.

3 mins

VOLOCOPTER GAINS STRATEGIC JAPANESE INVESTOR

The pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), Volocopter announced that Sumitomo Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest trading companies in the world, invested in the company’s Series E Funding round. They will also become key strategic partner for entry into service in the Japanese market starting in 2025.

2 mins

WORLD'S FASTEST EVTOL TAKES PILOTS ONBOARD: THE AIRSPEEDER MK4 FLYING RACING CAR

Alauda Aeronautics has unveiled the Airspeeder Mk4, the first crewed version of its flying racing car.

2 mins

DASH-8 FLIES ON PARTIAL HYDROGEN POWER

On the morning of 2 March 2023, Universal Hydrogen, the California energy concern about the commendable endeavour of making hydrogen-powered commercial flight a near-term reality flew its Lightning McClean, a De Havilland Dash 8-300 regional airliner under partial, hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion.

3 mins

ZEROAVIA HIGH TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL TESTING

On 9 March 2023 ZeroAvia announced that it has achieved record-breaking performance in testing of its High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (HTPEM) systems. Early testing of the pressurised 20kW HTPEM stack power module in ZeroAvia’s UK R&D location has demonstrated a record 2.5 kW/kg specific power at the cell level, paving the way for 3+ kW/kg system level densities in the next 24 months.

3 mins

NESTE ON THE MOVE WITH SAF DEALS

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) manufacturer has signed several deals recently to boost use of SAF. Boeing has agreed to purchase Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel supplied by EPIC Fuels, Signature Aviation and Avfuel to power its US commercial operations through 2023. These fuel purchases more than double Boeing’s SAF procurement from last year. Neste’s SAF will be blended with conventional jet fuel at a 30/70 ratio to produce 5.6 million gallons of blended SAF.

3 mins

SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL

Aviation has a very high impact on the planet, accounting for over two percent of global CO2 emissions, and nearly double that warming impact through non-CO2 effects. For this industry to persist in a zero-carbon world, we must find ways to reduce its impacts through new technology, operational efficiency, sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and carbon offsets.

3 mins

SPACEX CREW-6 STARTS ITS LONG MISSION

Following a successful lift-off from the Kennedy Space Centre’s storied Launch Complex 39A, the four crew-members manning NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission have safely attained Earth orbit.

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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.