CommercialLion Air 737 MAX Final Accident Report Cites AOA Sensor, MCAS Among Multitude of Contributing Factors Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) published its final 322-page accident investigation report on the October 2018 Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX flight JT610 crash, finding that it was caused by a combination…
Air TaxiJaunt Partners with Triumph to Develop, Certify and Mass-Produce Air Taxi LAS VEGAS – Air taxi developer Jaunt Air Mobility entered into a service agreement with Triumph Group to provide engineering and manufacturing services for its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, formalizing…
Business & GA10 Innovative Avionics, Engines and Future Technologies From NBAA 2019 LAS VEGAS – At the 2019 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), airframe manufacturers, avionics vendors and jet engine-makers pushed this segment of the air transportation industry forward by embracing future-facing technologies that made…
Business & GANBAA 2019: Linking Useful Aircraft Data a Priority, Honeywell Says LAS VEGAS – Tying together useful aircraft data across flyer experience, operations, and maintenance is a priority for Honeywell, according to the company, as the aviation industry braces for the urban air…
Business & GAEmbraer Looks to Bring Full Fly-By-Wire to Phenoms LAS VEGAS – Embraer is looking to make its light Phenom business jets full fly-by-wire, as the aviation industry moves toward giving light jets such a capability, Michael Amalfitano, the president and…
Business & GAGulfstream Keeps G500/600 Avionics Configuration in New G700 Jet LAS VEGAS – Gulfstream opened the 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (BACE) in Las Vegas with an introduction of the new G700 business jet that will keep the same cockpit…
Business & GATextron President Talks Avionics, Connectivity on Newly Certified Citation Longitude LAS VEGAS – Textron Aviation is showcasing its newly certified Citation Longitude business jet at this year's annual National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) conference here. The aircraft's Garmin G5000 avionics features touch-screen…
Business & GABombardier Looks Forward to Certification of Combined Vision System LAS VEGAS – David Coleal, the president of Bombardier Aviation, said on Oct. 21 that Bombardier is looking forward to the certification of the "first true combined vision system" developed solely for…
RegulationFAA’s Drone Advisory Committee Makes Recommendations on Remote ID, Security WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) unanimously approved recommendations for the agency to consider regarding remote identification and UAS security issues, which were highlighted by a recent…
CommercialCan IATA’s Crowd Sourcing Tool Help Airlines Avoid Turbulence? The International Air Transportation Association (IATA) is a few months away from transitioning from the initial pilot phase for its Turbulence Aware platform — a cloud database collecting real time turbulence reports…