CommercialAvionics Improvements a Focus of U.S. Helicopter Safety Team Avionics improvements are a part of the U.S. Helicopter Safety Team's (USHST) efforts to reduce the number of fatal rotorcraft accidents. On Sept. 3, USHST released a list of 16 proposed safety…
CommercialHow Uber Plans to Make Money Off Urban Air Mobility With the goal of pioneering a potential $500 billion new industry and an aggressive timetable, Uber wants to know how it can make money. That's where PRICE Systems' cost analytics service comes…
CommercialUber Elevate: All the Highlights from UAM's Biggest Show Uber's third annual Elevate Summit has closed, and you can be forgiven for missing some of the announcements which hit downtown Washington fast and hard. Luckily, Avionics is here to round them…
MilitaryCzechs to Buy More Than $1 Billion in Upgraded Attack, Utility Helicopters The State Department has cleared the Czech Republic to buy more than $1 billion in Bell AH-1Z attack helicopters and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks. Larger of the two separate authorizations, announced May 6 by…
UnmannedShould Air Taxis Be Unmanned from the Jump? For urban air mobility to succeed — at scale — the industry will need to answer a question: What will it do about pilots? Ultimately, many entrants to the air taxi game want autonomy…
ConnectivityLockheed's VTOL Data Fusion Sensor Suite Tested on V-280 Lockheed Martin has flight tested its pilotage distributed aperture sensor (PDAS) on a Bell V-280 Valor. PDAS is a multi-function sensor system for vertical lift aircraft that generates and fuses high-resolution, 360-degree…
CommercialFAA Grants New Bell 505 Flight Deck Lighting STC The FAA has issued Aero Dyanamix, Inc. (ADI) a new STC for a Bell 505 night vision avionics lighting system. ADI manufactures edge-lit panels, circuit-breaker packages and does any modifications necessary to…
Business & GABombardier, Québec Gov't Invest in Canadian Aerospace Research Bombardier and the government of Québec have invested in Aéro21 and SA²GE, two Canadian aerospace research projects focused on efficient manufacturing and environmentally friendly flight. “Through this strong alliance between industry, government and…
CommercialAirbus, Bell, Leonardo, Sikorsky Agree on Terrain-Avoidance Updates for Helos Four top helicopter builders — Airbus, Bell, Leonardo Helicopters, and Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky — have agreed on improvements for their helicopter terrain avoidance and warning systems (HTAWS), according to HeliOffshore, a safety…
CommercialBell Secures Battery Maker for VTOL Air Taxi Bell has selected Electric Power Systems (EPS) to develop energy storage solutions for its vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft project. The planned on-demand urban mobility aircraft has continued to take shape as Bell periodically announces…