Aviation giant Bell Aircraft Corporation soared through FAA drone benchmarks, landing beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) status with its Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) Citing drone missions that require delivering “goods and information to critical – sometimes inaccessible – locations,” Bell snagged BVLOS to launch autonomous drone flights over long distances using VTOL … [Read more...] about Bell Snags BVLOS Drone Status with Choctaw Nation
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Bell’s Scott Drennan Says Drone Taxis are on the Way – Soon
The Bell Company's VP of Innovations Scott Drennan has a sense of humor. "We had jetpacks before Tony Stark," he tells the audience at his keynote address at London's Commercial UAV Show. He's not really kidding: Bell, while better known for helicopters, started with planes, and have been pioneers in air transportation ever since. (Bell is now a subsidiary of multi-national … [Read more...] about Bell’s Scott Drennan Says Drone Taxis are on the Way – Soon
Bell Releases Footage of eVTOL Cargo Drone Flight Tests
Aerospace giant Bell has announced that the Autonomous Pod Transport (APT 70) has completed successful test flights. Bell's APT 70 is part of a new electronic vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) family of vehicles the company is developing. It can reach speeds of over 100mph and has a baseline payload capability of 70 lbs. Bell is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas and … [Read more...] about Bell Releases Footage of eVTOL Cargo Drone Flight Tests
The Bell Nexus Drone Taxi Prototype: A Manned, Unmanned Sort of Thing
This week at AUVSI's Xponential, Textron company Bell Helicopters showed off a prototype of an urban air mobility vehicle - a drone taxi - and we'd ride in one without hesitation. First introduced at this year's consumer electronics show (CES), the BellNexus is definitely in the prototype stage, although staff siad that they hope to have one in the air within the next year … [Read more...] about The Bell Nexus Drone Taxi Prototype: A Manned, Unmanned Sort of Thing
