Editor’s Note: Flying Machines

Aircraft Maintenance

Honeywell Invests $84M To Expand Kansas Avionics Plant - AIN. Feb. 4

Honeywell Aerospace is investing $84 million to expand its avionics manufacturing facility in Olathe, Kan. It expects this to generate $57 million in total gross domestic product in the first six years,…

AI & Autonomy

Rotor Marks First Live Flight, Unveils Static Prototype - Feb. 7, Aviation Week

The American-based startup Rotor Technologies said it finished the first live demonstration of an autonomous helicopter, with its R220Y, Aviation Week reported. The company uses an uncrewed Robinson R22 helicopter as a…

Rotorcraft

NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends After Three Years on Mars - NASA Science Mars Exploration

NASA’s history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission on the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than planned. While the helicopter remains upright and in communication with…

Advanced Air Mobility

Global eVTOL sector is attracting increased interest from professional investors

The rapid growth in the Advanced Air Mobility market and advances in establishing a regulatory framework for the sector is making electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) an increasingly attractive market for…

Editor's Note

Boeing to upgrade avionics and network-enabled weapons on Navy P-8A surveillance and maritime patrol jet - Military & Aerospace Electronics, Jan. 19

Boeing will provide Naval Air Systems Command with Increment 3 retrofit A-kits for 10 P-8A Poseidon surveillance and maritime patrol aircraft, Military & Aerospace Electronics reports. The kits will come under a…

Editor's Note

Trimec Wins STC for Universal InSight in Falcon 2000/2000EXs - AIN, Jan. 17

Trimec Aviation secured an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval to install the Universal InSight flight display system in the Dassault Falcon 2000 and 2000EX series aircraft, AIN reports. This replaces the…

Editor's Note

LanzaJet Debuts World's First Ethanol-to-SAF Production Facility - AIN, Jan. 24

LanzaJet, a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer, opened the first commercial ethanol-to-SAF refinery in Soperton, Ga. on January 24, AIN reports. The refinery will use various feedstocks including agricultural waste, municipal solid…

Aircraft Maintenance

Lockheed Martin Sees Likely Delay In F-35 Tech Refresh-3 To Third Quarter

Development of an upgraded software capability for the F-35 fighter aircraft is maturing but more slowly than expected and while Lockheed Martin is still aiming to deliver the third Technology Refresh (TR-3)…