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Flytrex | September 10, 2020

Neither Walmart nor the state of North Carolina is stranger to drone delivery. UPS has participated in the Federal Aviation Administration's drone Integration Pilot Program in North Carolina over the last couple of years. And Walmart began testing drones, beginning with indoor flights, as early as 2015. Flytrex also participated in the FAA's IPP in North Carolina. But as flights take off in North Carolina, Walmart acknowledges the last-mile delivery method is still in the early days.
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Buying Business Travel | January 21, 2020

Lufthansa Group has become the first airline company to invest in business travel platform TripActions, kicking off a strategic partnership. The investment – made through the Lufthansa Innovation Hub – comes as TripActions continues to expand into Europe after opening offices in London and Amsterdam in 2018. It marks Lufthansa’s fourth investment in a tech company and closes a Series D funding round with more than US$250 million raised at a valuation of US$4 billion. TripAction...

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L3Harris | October 22, 2021

L3Harris Technologies was awarded an Aviation Week 2021 Program Excellence Award for work on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The Aviation Week Network Program Excellence awards honor aerospace and defense industry programs that create organizational success through quality processes, people development, tools and leadership. This is the first year L3Harris has competed for the award and is being recognized for the optical telescope program in the Supplier System De...

United Airlines | July 20, 2020

As part of ongoing efforts to further help reduce the spread of COVID-19, United Airlines today announced the implementation of a new protocol that maximizes airflow volume through HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filtration systems throughout the boarding and deplaning processes. United staff and pilots are working to prepare all mainline aircraft to implement the new procedure starting on July 27....