Sep 18, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Electric Vehicles
Self-driving cars are quickly spreading across the country — could flying cars be next? Alef, based in San Mateo, California, has secured agreements with two Silicon Valley airports to test the world’s first flying car that can take off vertically from...
Sep 9, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles
The shift towards unmanned planes is driven mainly by cost efficiency and the need to address pilot shortage issues. Operating unmanned planes can significantly reduce labor costs, and they can also help mitigate the risk of human error, which is a leading cause of...
Sep 4, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, First Responders
The California state fire agency is partnering with rotorcraft manufacturer Sikorsky to explore how autonomous vertical-lift solutions can improve wildfire response. Under a five-year initiative announced on 3 September, Sikorsky and CalFire plan to test the...
Sep 4, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi developer Joby Aviation has now logged thousands of autonomous flight miles as it seeks to field a self-flying aircraft. The company on Wednesday revealed it participated in the Defense Department’s Resolute...
Aug 18, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Air Mobility, Autonomous Vehicles
Air taxis aren’t yet officially in operation, but the industry is already gearing up for autonomous ones. The road for autonomous eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing) is longer and harder, but their expected impact is tremendous. At the moment, a major...
Aug 7, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Featured
Megathrust earthquakes are large earthquakes that occur on faults found along the boundaries between tectonic plates. The Nankai Trough is a megathrust earthquake zone lying off the southwestern coast of Japan, and experts estimate that this zone could generate a...
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