January 18th, 2021 | by Jennifer Sensiba
DJI's drones are already capable of doing some autonomous operations in areas more complicated than the roads, and sometimes far more complicated. It's not a major stretch to say that DJI is already pretty good at dealing with complicated and dangerous conditions with its current autonomous vehicle efforts. Adding ground-based systems to its portfolio isn't that big of a leap
January 16th, 2021 | by Jennifer Sensiba
Recently in Australia, electric aviation saved the day again, but not in the usual way. A man used a drone to get a text message out, allowing rescuers to find a stranded group of people
January 6th, 2021 | by Jo Borrás
The CityHawk is much more than a few concept drawings. The vehicle has been in development since the company's inception in 2001, and an unmanned version of the CityHawk has been flying successfully for at least a year.
December 30th, 2020 | by Jennifer Sensiba
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced several new rules for drones. It is going to allow operations at night and over people without waivers under certain conditions, and that's going to make life easier for pilots. Starting in about 30 months, the FAA will be requiring small drones to broadcast ID information, which will aid in enforcing regulations, but impose some costs on pilots
December 29th, 2020 | by Jennifer Sensiba
To show the good small drones are doing, DJI has an online map and counter showing how many people have been saved by drone operators. According to the company, drones have not only found missing people so others could rescue them, but they have also brought supplies to trapped survivors and found people through smoke and darkness who were unconscious
December 28th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will finalize standards for greenhouse gas emissions from new aircraft that take effect in 2028. The rule copies international standards from 2016 that set a greenhouse gas emissions floor for aircraft flying international routes at levels a decade behind what aircraft could already do in
December 27th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Here's a heartwarming story that came across my feed. Reuters reports that Graham Shema, who is 7 and from Uganda, has become a legend in his country. Shema has a wealth of aircraft knowledge and budding flying skills — at only 7!
December 23rd, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
There's a $120 billion global hydrogen industry that we have to kick the fossil fuel companies out of. 3-4% of global petroleum use is for long-haul shipping and aviation. About 8% of CO2e emissions globally are from steelmaking. That's more than enough for CleanTechnica to report on. Boosterism for hydrogen outside of those spaces is just perpetuating the wrong industry
December 22nd, 2020 | by Jennifer Sensiba
The DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced is a serious workhorse that can serve the needs of public safety workers, utilities, and a variety of other professionals who would otherwise consider calling for a helicopter
December 16th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
Long-haul aviation is a hard global warming nut to crack, and assessing methanol as a potential nutcracker shows why
December 16th, 2020 | by Tina Casey
Flight-shaming begone: US aircraft startup ZeroAvia ramps up plans for zero emission green hydrogen fuel cell flight
December 8th, 2020 | by Jennifer Sensiba
As the technology improves, we may eventually see electric aircraft carrying large numbers of passengers or large volumes of cargo over long distances. So, most of us think electric aviation is something that only exists in the future tense
November 30th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Capping the number of EU pollution permits that airlines can buy, and abolishing the permits that they get for free, will be necessary to drive the uptake of cleaner technology in aviation, a new study finds
November 26th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
The Canadian company Daymak wants to excite the world about light electric vehicles (LEVs) and has launched a line of 6 different but stylistically related LEVs. The Avvenire lineup looks like something James Bond would use
November 6th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Eviation, based in Israel, is planning to deliver its first 9 passenger electric airplane to Cape Air in 2022.
October 1st, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Rolls-Royce has decided that it wants to produce the fastest electric airplane in the sky. Furthermore, it's beyond the concept or visualization phase. Rolls-Royce has tested the technology for this on what's called an "ionBird," which means "a full-scale replica of the plane’s core."
September 29th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Airlines would pay at most €70 million a year for their pollution on long-haul flights from Europe — even after air traffic bounces back — under the UN’s aviation CO2 scheme, a new independent study shows
