North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports finished calendar year 2020 with a statewide total of 572,093 airline passenger boardings. This is a decrease of 619,476 passengers or an 52% decrease from 2019 and is the lowest passenger count that the state has recorded since calendar year 2003. North Dakota passenger numbers have been adversely affected […]
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Robert Kraus named Dean of UND Aerospace
Robert Kraus, Ph.D., an experienced pilot, aerospace administrator, aerospace educator and a retired Air Force colonel, has been named Dean of UND’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences following a national search. Kraus currently serves as Associate Dean, Flight and Operations and Professor in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State University […]
On-Demand Drone Delivery Company Flytrex Appoints Ben Thein as Chief Operating Officer
Flytrex, a leader in on-demand drone delivery for food and retail, announced the appointment of Ben Thein as Chief Operating Officer (COO). An accomplished executive with over fifteen years of managerial, operational and technical experience, Thein will lead global operations for the company with a special focus on building US-based partnerships in order to expand […]
Greteman Group Helps Launch New UAS Network
North Dakota has aspirations as big as the sky – and is poised to attain them. The state is developing the nation’s first network for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). After an intensive request-for-proposal process, the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, which leads the initiative, selected Greteman Group to create […]
Piper Aircraft Launches Brand Ambassador Program with UND Aerospace
Piper Aircraft and the University of North Dakota (UND) Aerospace announced the launch of a new brand ambassador program. The platform is designed to increase awareness of the programs offered by UND Aerospace as well as showcase the Piper training product line in use at one of the largest collegiate flight schools in the world. […]
North Dakota Announces Vantis as Statewide UAS BVLOS Network
Already a thriving ecosystem of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in public and private use, North Dakota takes the next step in UAS advancement, commercialization and development by introducing Vantis, the nation’s first statewide UAS beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) network. Vantis will be overseen by the Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS), which has served as the state’s […]
North Dakota Airline Passenger Retention Rises to 44% in September
North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports posted a total of 39,451 passenger boardings during the month of September. This amounts to a 44% retention rate of the passengers that the state experienced during the same month last year and is the highest monthly retention rate that the North Dakota has experienced since the beginning of […]
North Dakota Airline Passenger Retention Remains Above the National Average
North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports during the month of August posted a total of 43,559 passengers boardings. This is higher than the statewide passenger volume that was seen in each of the last four months and amounts to a 43% retention rate of the passengers that North Dakota experienced during the same month last […]
North Dakota’s Statewide UAS BVLOS Network Beginning Key Site Implementation
The Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) has begun the initial stages of implementing infrastructure for North Dakota’s statewide Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) network. The key site location chosen for this initial deployment of the BVLOS network is in the surrounding areas of Watford City and Williston, ND, due […]
Volansi UAV Selected to Support Site Acceptance Testing of North Dakota’s Statewide BVLOS Network
The Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) has selected Volansi’s VOLY C10 for Site Acceptance Testing and use-case development for North Dakota’s statewide beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) network. This aircraft will test installed network components, ensure safety and reliability of the network, perform use-case development flights, and help NPUASTS set the standard requirements […]
