FAA ANNOUNCES KEY DEMONSTRATIONS WITH THE FIRST REMOTELY-PILOTED HYBRID-ELECTRIC FLIGHT FOR CARGO SHIPMENT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that Elroy and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development conducted a hybrid-electric demonstration flight to test cargo deliveries using remotely piloted aircraft at Houma-Terrebonne Airport in Louisiana. This is the first remotely piloted aircraft test flight under the FAA's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) (/newsroom/eIPP-Announcement-Fact-Sheet.pdf).

This flight is part of a series of demonstrations as the U.S. Department of Transportation works to safely integrate Advanced Air Mobility aircraft into the National Airspac...