RTCA has announced the addition of five organizations to its\nmembership: Ampaire, Dayton-Granger, Inc., Route Dynamics Corp, Skydrive Inc.\nand Stellar Solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bb\u00bfRTCA and the aviation community owe a debt of gratitude to\nthe dozens of committee leaders and thousands of committee participants who\ncontinue to deliver consensus on tough issues, leading to tangible outcomes for\nthe aviation community. “Our members are the heart and soul of RTCA and we\nare resolute in our drive to deliver value to all of our 500+ member\norganizations\u201d said RTCA President and CEO Terry McVenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Newest Members:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ampaire<\/strong> – Hawthorne, California USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ampaire is designing and developing high performance\nzero-emission aircraft to help improve efficiency and reduce aviation\u2019s impact\non climate change. Their jet will be the first commercial, 9 passengers, all\nelectric aircraft. It achieves the comfort of a business jet without the high\ncost, noise and pollution. Their custom propulsion system is the heart of their\naircraft and is scalable to planes of various sizes. Combined with innovations\nin lightweight, swappable battery packs, they are optimizing their system for\nintegration into turboprop airframes that are in the air today. They are\nsatisfying current market needs for short flights and they will reduce costs by\naround 25% while producing zero emissions and less noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dayton-Granger, Inc.<\/strong> – Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dayton-Granger, Inc. (DG), a leader in the design,\ntesting, and manufacture of antennas, electrostatics and lightning protection\nproducts ranks among the most experienced suppliers of avionics products\nworldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than 75 years of experience, DG has an\nunmatched reputation for supplying high quality, competitive products that\nsatisfy military and commercial avionic industry standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Route Dynamics Corp.<\/strong> – Amber, Pennsylvania USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n Route Dynamics Corp. was formed to fill the unmet market\nneed of providing automated dynamic rerouting technology to commercial and\ngeneral aviation airline fleets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Skydrive, Inc.<\/strong> – Tokyo, JAPAN<\/p>\n\n\n\n SkyDrive Inc. is a start-up for development \/\nmanufacturing \/ sales of the \u201cFlying cars\u201d. Designed by Cartivator, a Tokyo-\nand Toyota City-based non-profit run by a team of 30 volunteers. The\nthree-wheeled Skydrive car is powered by four rotors and uses drone technology.\nThe car aims to deliver a seamless transition from driving to flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The team’s “first target” is to build the\nflying car and use it to light the Olympic flame at Tokyo’s 2020 Summer\nOlympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Skydrive has a projected top speed of 93 miles (150\nkilometres) per hour on land, and 62 miles (100 kilometres) per hour when\nairborne. It should fly at an altitude of up to 10 metres (33 feet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n While several other flying car models are also under\ndevelopment \u2013 by firms such as Uber, Ehang and Airbus, to name just a few \u2013\nCartivator claims that its Skydive model will be the world’s smallest at just\n2.9 metres (9.5 feet) by 1.3 metres (4.3 feet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The firm envisions that Skydrive will be an\ninfrastructure-free mode of transportation, able to take off and land anywhere.\nThe team also hope that it will be accessible to all using ridesharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stellar Solutions, Inc.<\/strong> – Palo Alto, California, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stellar Solutions is a global system engineering service\nprovider solving the most complex issues that commercial and government clients\nface today. A woman-owned small business founded in 1995, Stellar Solutions,\nInc. has been providing high impact engineering services, end-to-end technical\nexpertise and creative solutions to significant national and international\ncustomers for over 20 years. With sister companies Stellar Solutions Aerospace\nLimited, based in the United Kingdom, and Stellar Solutions Aerospace France,\nbased in France, the Stellar constellation of companies operates seamlessly\ntogether to serve customers\u2019 critical needs across global markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RTCA has announced the addition of five organizations to its membership: Ampaire, Dayton-Granger, Inc., Route Dynamics Corp, Skydrive Inc. and Stellar Solutions. \u00ef\u00bb\u00bfRTCA and the aviation community owe a debt of gratitude to the dozens of committee leaders and thousands of committee participants who continue to deliver consensus on tough issues, leading to tangible outcomes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district-of-columbia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13408"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13411,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13408\/revisions\/13411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}