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A 777-200LRMF freighter takes flight. [Photo: Mammoth Freighters]
Fort Worth’s Mammoth Freighters Gets FAA Certification for Its Next‑Gen 777
by David Seeley | Apr 8, 2026
A Boeing 777 is huge. Just one 777 can carry President Trump, all 435 U.S. Congresspeople, all 100 U.S. senators, and the Supreme Court—with room to spare. But a new version from Fort Worth-based Mammoth Freighters can barely carry a mayor. Instead, the 777-200LRMF offers a clean sweep fore and aft—ready to transport over 100 metric tons of cargo worldwide.
by David Seeley |
Aug 1, 2024
Wing and Zipline have partnered with Walmart to offer drone deliveries for "up to 75%" of DFW residents, along with providing services for other area businesses. Now the two innovators have received the first-ever FAA approval to operate drones beyond line of sight in the same shared airspace using new UAS traffic management technology (UTM).
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by David Seeley |
Jul 8, 2024
Dallas Love Field is one of the first airports in the U.S. to get the technology from Madrid, Spain-based Indra. Called AeroBOSS, it uses ADS-B surveillance technology and 5G data networks to improve air traffic control situational awareness and reduce the risk of runway incursions.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 18, 2024
Puopolo told Cities Today that leaders at DFW Airport have "identified a location and are developing our strategy" for moving air taxis forward—and upward—in the region.
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Ameriflight has received FAA approval to operate a nationwide drone delivery service using Matternet M2 drones.[Photo: Business Wire]
Ameriflight Makes Aviation History With FAA Approval for Large-Scale Drone Delivery Service in the U.S.
by David Seeley | May 31, 2023
Dallas-based Ameriflight plans to operate the Matternet M2 drone for commercial delivery—focusing on health care and e-commerce deliveries to customers in dense urban and suburban environments across the country. The approval will enable what Ameriflight calls "the first fully operational, large-scale drone operation in the United States."
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 6, 2022
Alan Rusinowitz has been named president and chief operating officer of Ameriflight, the “nation’s largest Part 135 Cargo airline.”
The airline flies about 30 tons of cargo daily, and says it’s a critical part of the UPS, FedEx, and DHL supply chains, according to its website....
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by David Seeley |
Nov 17, 2022
Using computational fluid dynamics modeling, Aero Design Labs creates a 'high-definition map" of Boeing 737 aircraft. Then it works with partners to develop a drag reduction kit that can save fuel costs and reduce carbon emissions.
"Each part of the kit plays a part in capturing and redirecting the airflow, providing a holistic solution to reduce drag," ADL's Chief Commercial Officer Chris Jones told Dallas Innovates.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 29, 2022
Yariv Bash, co-founder of Israel's SpaceIL, was part of the team behind the 2019 Beresheet moon mission. Now, as co-founder and CEO of Flytrex, he's partnering with Dallas-based Brinker International on drone deliveries of chicken wings to Dallas-Fort Worth back yards and businesses.
The launch begins today in Granbury, 30 miles southwest of Fort Worth, with potential plans to expand to "a suburb east of Dallas" as Flytrex' footprint grows.
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[Illustration: Andrii Shelenkov via iStockphoto]
After Successful Tests, Exos Awaits License to Launch its Reusable Rocket
by Lance Murray | Jan 24, 2018
The Caddo Mills company expects an FAA Office of Commercial Space Travel launch license determination by Feb. 14, which would allow it to launch at Spaceport America.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Aug 21, 2017
Pending FAA approval, the Caddo Mills company could send the first SARGE rocket into space by the fourth quarter.
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by Michael Vidikan |
Feb 26, 2016
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drone aircraft, have been used extensively in commercial practice in recent years.
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