article thumbnail

FAA awards $7.5M in research grants for integration of drones into national airspace

Green Car Congress

million recreational and commercial drones (PDF) in the active UAS fleet. Wichita State University – lead University. million federal investment will fund university research on the safe integration of drones into our national airspace. — US Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. There are currently 1.65 million by 2024 (PDF).

Grant 279
article thumbnail

Accelerating Electric Commercial Aviation: Surf Air Mobility Orders up to 150 Cessna Grand Caravans

EV Obssesion

ACCELERATING ELECTRIFIED COMMERCIAL TRAVEL WICHITA, Kan. The post Accelerating Electric Commercial Aviation: Surf Air Mobility Orders up to 150 Cessna Grand Caravans appeared first on EV Obsession. July 20, 2021 — Textron Aviation today announced Surf Air Mobility Inc., The order, which is subject to […].

Wichita 60
article thumbnail

NASA awards $16.5M to four teams for additional research into reducing aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise

Green Car Congress

Cessna Aircraft Company-Cessna Citation, Wichita, Kan., The Boeing subsonic team, which includes BR&T, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, General Electric and Georgia Tech, looked at five concepts as part of the SUGAR (Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research) project. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass.,

Emissions 199
article thumbnail

VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

The Truth About Cars

James, New York), Principle VinFast Grapevine (Grapevine, Texas), Hiley VinFast of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Texas), and VinFast Wichita (Wichita, Kansas). From VinFast: The first group of VinFast dealers consist of Leith VinFast (Raleigh, North Carolina), Smith Haven VinFast (St. But it’s plotting to expand its U.S.

article thumbnail

ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

Green Car Congress

If successful, the FuelCell team will increase ammonia production rates to 100 times current electrochemical methods—comparable with commercial processes while avoiding the need for separate hydrogen production thanks to its use of water, thus decreasing feedstock costs. Wichita State University. Gas Technology Institute.

Carbon 150
article thumbnail

4 Takeaways About Boeing’s Quality Problems

Baua Electric

Boeing said it did not allow inspector shopping and had increased the number of quality inspectors for commercial planes 20 percent since 2019. It has also said it will no longer accept Max bodies from Spirit AeroSystems, a key supplier based in Wichita, Kan., where Max planes are assembled. that still need work.

Wichita 52
article thumbnail

Boeing Says Added Inspections Are Raising 737 Max Production Quality

Baua Electric

The body is made in Wichita, Kan., Lund, the senior vice president for quality in Boeing’s commercial airplane division. One of the more important changes Boeing has made since January was requiring that bodies of 737 Max planes pass a more rigorous inspection before being shipped to Renton, near Seattle, for final assembly.