Air TaxiNASA Launches Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge Program With NASA’s four-year testing program on unmanned aircraft integration drawing to a close, the agency held a kickoff call with industry to begin its next research and demonstration effort: the urban air…
Air TaxiBAE Systems Moves Into the Aircraft Electrification Market BAE Systems is moving into the aircraft electrification market, preparing to offer a suite of products to be used on platforms ranging from regional jets to small urban air mobility aircraft. Drawing…
MilitaryBell and Yamato’s Autonomous Aerial Logistics Solution ‘APT’ Takes Flight FORT WORTH, Texas — Out at Wrangler Field, an old Army airstrip far from dense populations and controlled airspace, Bell Flight and Japanese logistics company Yamato demonstrated to journalists the capabilities of…
ATM ModernizationCan This Application Streamline Airline and GA Departure Flows at Airports? McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas is providing a live proving grounds for general aviation operators and air traffic controllers to assess the ability of a new Mitre developed web application, Pacer,…
CommercialPODCAST: Seamless Air Alliance CEO Jack Mandala On this episode of the Global Connected Aircraft Podcast, I spoke to Jack Mandala, CEO of the Seamless Air Alliance, about how their organization of more than 20 members, including Aeromexico, Airbus,…
MilitaryCubic Corporation Working on Full Motion Video Link for F-35 San Diego-based Cubic Corp. is working on a video data link (VDL) for the Lockheed Martin F-35 to provide ground force Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) full-motion video and thus better situational…
CommercialQantas to Make Airbus A350 or Boeing 777X Project Sunrise Decision in December Qantas will make a final decision in December on which Airbus or Boeing airplane model, the A350 or the 777X, will become its Project Sunrise airplane in the future serving non-stop routes…
ConnectivityAirbus A330 MRTT Uses BET Processor in Flight Testing Earlier this summer, Airbus conducted the first test flight demonstration of the company's Network for the Sky (NFTS), which employs the company's aircraft links integration management system (ALIMS), based on Curtiss-Wright’s commercial…
MilitaryCollins Aerospace to Provide Global F-35 Pilot Readiness Center with Dutch Air Force United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace is to provide what the company calls the first global pilot readiness center for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning under an agreement with the Royal Netherlands…
ConnectivityIridium Certus Transceiver Enters Live Testing Iridium Communications approved the first 10 beta partners developing new products based on the Iridium Certus 9770 transceiver. Each partner has received operational beta units, which have been undergoing extensive testing designed to…