Flying Magazine
• Jack Daleo
FlyJets has introduced JetGPT, an automated AI assistant for its charter aviation marketplace and flight-sharing exchange. The announcement signals a new customer-facing use of AI in charter booking, but the available information does not specify the agent’s capabilities or how it will affect booking and operations.
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Sikorsky introduced the Nomad 100 Fast Pack, a containerized kit intended to let customers rapidly deploy autonomous vertical takeoff and landing capability from locations with limited infrastructure. The announcement positions portability and rapid setup as central features of the uncrewed aircraft system.
A heavy-duty quadcopter carrying Sig Sauer’s M250 light machine gun completed a test that required it to identify and engage targets from the air. The demonstration showcases an armed drone integrating aerial target identification with a crew-served-style weapon, though the reports provide no further details on the platform or test results.
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FlyJets has introduced JetGPT, an automated AI assistant for its charter aviation marketplace and flight-sharing exchange. The announcement signals a new customer-facing use of AI in charter booking, but the available information does not specify the agent’s capabilities or how it will affect booking and operations.
Czech aircraft developer Zuri has chosen Norway’s EdgePerformance to supply a modified piston engine for its Technology Demonstrator 2.0, a hybrid-electric tiltrotor. The flex-fuel engine drives the aircraft’s generator, supporting development of Zuri’s planned uncrewed cargo aircraft.
Skyports Drone Services is using automated beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations to collect regular aerial data for construction teams working on the HumeLink West transmission project in New South Wales. The approach provides site surveys without requiring pilots to be physically present.
Proposals for orbital data centers promise access to abundant solar power and room to scale, but could also put valuable computing infrastructure in a contested domain. The concern grows as militaries embrace artificial intelligence and treat computing facilities as critical infrastructure, raising the stakes of conflict in space.
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STAR.VISION has unveiled four satellites combining orbital computing with Earth-observation capabilities at the 2026 International Astronautical Congress. The program includes a partnership with Oman Lens, linking the satellite deployment to an Omani Earth-observation effort.
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Michael T. Neely examines accountability when artificial intelligence makes decisions aboard spacecraft faster than operators on Earth can respond. He argues that human authority must be built into autonomous systems before they act, putting control and responsibility at the center of space-AI design.
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