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• Thomas Sleightholm
Atoms, an industrial AI and infrastructure company, and Joby Aviation are forming a strategic partnership to acquire and develop vertiport sites across the United States, creating physical infrastructure intended to support Joby’s planned commercial electric air-taxi operations.
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Volatus Aerospace is backing a new class of heavy-lift autonomous aircraft through a strategic partnership with Spain’s Singular Aircraft, advancing a national initiative aimed at strengthening Canada’s response to wildfires with unmanned aerial capabilities.
The Royal Navy has demonstrated a secure network enabling Wildcat helicopters, aerial drones and ground forces to operate together over more than 200 miles. The trial supports a broader effort to develop maritime uncrewed air systems that would expand carrier air-group capability and future naval air power.
LiveEO has secured a high-six-figure grant from the German Space Agency to assess a new class of multimodal “vision foundation” AI models for Earth-observation applications. The feasibility study will examine how such systems could support broader analysis of satellite imagery and related data.
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Atoms, an industrial AI and infrastructure company, and Joby Aviation are forming a strategic partnership to acquire and develop vertiport sites across the United States, creating physical infrastructure intended to support Joby’s planned commercial electric air-taxi operations.
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Portugal-based Neuraspace secured €15.6 million from Lince Capital, Explorer Investments, Armilar Venture Partners and the country’s Recovery and Resilience Plan. The financing will support expansion of its AI-enabled space domain awareness and space traffic management platform for commercial, institutional and defense satellite operators.
Australia’s new 10-year defense technology strategy identifies the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, hypersonic weapons, high-energy lasers, artificial intelligence and quantum systems as national priorities. The plan signals where Canberra intends to concentrate defense technology development and capability investment over the coming decade.
Changi Airport Group and ground handler SATS are rolling out autonomous wheelchairs in Terminals 2 and 3, initially targeting transit passengers. Airlines at the Singapore hub handle about 2,300 wheelchair-assistance requests daily, with transfer passengers accounting for four in five requests.
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NASA selected Lunar Outpost’s proposal to advance Starweave, an autonomous robotic swarm software platform, under the agency’s Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity. The effort adds to NASA’s work on coordinated robotic systems for future lunar operations, though the announcement provides no details on funding, schedule or mission assignment.
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