Tecnam pauses P-Volt on battery concerns

Italian airframer Tecnam has paused development of its all-electric P-Volt aircraft citing a lack of certainty around improvements in battery performance to deliver a "viable" product

https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/tecnam-pauses-p-volt-on-battery-concerns/153687.article 

US Air Force Plans Drones with Commercially Available Components – UAS VISION

The drones are part of an effort to buy cheaper aircraft and field them faster using components already available through commercial vendors. The Air Force plans to buy 1,000 to 2,000 modular, unmanned drones to accompany its next generation of fighter planes.



https://www.uasvision.com/2023/06/13/us-air-force-plans-drones-with-commercially-available-components/ 

EASA finalises guidelines on noise measurements for drones below 600 kg | EASA

https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/newsroom-and-events/news/easa-finalises-guidelines-noise-measurements-drones-below-600-kg


The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is pleased to announce the release of its guidelines to establish the noise levels of drones below 600 kg, which aim at providing harmonized procedures to measure the noise of drones used in the low and medium-risk operations of the 'specific' category.

This release expands on the initial public consultation phase, after collecting around 90 comments from UAS manufacturers, operators, academia and national aviation authorities.

In addition to the guidelines, EASA is also providing a template for a typical noise report that applicants or declarants can use to submit noise data, as well as a self-explanatory spreadsheet assisting the noise adjustment procedures.

If you wish to measure and report UAS noise levels according to these procedures, please submit the data to noise@easa.europa.eu with the [UAS Noise] mention in the email subject.