ATM ModernizationThales is Using AI to Augment Air Traffic Management EUROCONTROL projects a 53 percent increase in European flights by 2040 and an 84 percent in global flights. To help deal with the increased air traffic — despite an ongoing staffing shortage and…
CommercialBoeing’s eVTOL Air Taxi Prototype Achieves First Flight Boeing has completed the first flight of its passenger air vehicle prototype Tuesday, Jan. 22, taking a crucial first step toward fielding a electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. During the…
CommercialHow Uber's Air Taxis Will Succeed Where Helicopters Failed Uber's key to successfully scaling air taxis up to mass transportation level lies in the vehicles having fundamental advantages over helicopters, according to Engineering Director of Aviation Mark Moore. Speaking Wednesday at…
ATM ModernizationMajor Aviation Organizations to Government: End the Shutdown An alphabet soup of nearly every major association, union and advocacy group in the aviation industry has come together to urge end the partial government shutdown that has furloughed government workers for…
CommercialFADEC Alliance and Lufthansa Technik Team on LEAP Control MRO for 25 Years FADEC Alliance has signed a 25-year agreement with Lufthansa Technik to supply engine controls for the LEAP engines which power the Boeing 737 MAX, Airbus A320neo and new Comac 919 airplanes. FADEC…
CommercialCollins Begins Development of X-59's Supersonic Avionics Systems Collins Aerospace engineers are developing a modified version of Pro Line Fusion, new software applications and an enhanced vision system for NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft. QueSST is being developed…
ATM ModernizationSatvoice: A Game Changer for Pilots and Controllers ICAO regulations, as well as those of local civil aviation regulators, require two long-distance radios for all trans-oceanic flights. Historically, that has always meant high-frequency (HF) radios. As satellite coverage fills…
UnmannedGerman Detect-and-Avoid Drone Radar Passes Flight Test HENSOLDT's detect-and-avoid radar system has completed successful testing, the company revealed Wednesday. The German sensor provider developed a radar system that it says provides unmanned vehicles with "early warning of any threat of…
MilitaryDefense Department Seeking Disaster-Relief Drone to Support DHS The Defense Department’s agency charged with providing logistics support to warfighters is seeking information from vendors capable of providing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that can deliver food and water to people in…
CommercialAirbus A220: ETOPS, New Assembly Line and Shutdown Delay Airbus executives announced a new North American assembly line and extended operations (ETOPS) approval from Canada’s civil aviation regulator for their A220 program during a tour of their Mirabel manufacturing site Monday…