UnmannedFlirtey Trials Drone Delivery at Industrial Center in Nevada Drone delivery startup Flirtey has begun demonstrations of its Eagle and Portal system, unveiled earlier this year, at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Nevada as a step toward its goal of rolling…
Commercial737 MAX Production to Stop in January As Boeing Awaits Regulatory Approval Boeing is suspending 737 MAX production next month to prioritize the delivery of 400 newly manufactured aircraft in storage and allow time for civil aviation authorities to approve updates that will clear…
Air TaxiSkyryse Unveils Autonomous Helicopter for Urban Air Mobility, Targets Economics of Commuter Cars In Los Angeles, California, Skyryse demonstrated what it calls the “world’s first fully autonomous end to end flight” of an FAA-approved helicopter. The company also unveiled its "flight stack," which it…
Air TaxiUpcoming Air Force Research Challenge May Help Air Taxi Certification An upcoming United States Air Force research challenge may help the certification of air taxis by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a top Air Force official said last week. "One thing that's…
MilitaryBell Invictus to Offer Army ‘Lower-Risk Path’ to FARA Capabilities ARLINGTON, Texas — Bell's offering for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) contest, the 360 Invictus, is intended to offer the Army an insurance policy by presenting a lower-risk path to the…
CommercialQantas Prefers Airbus A350 to Boeing 777X, Final Project Sunrise Decision in March 2020 Qantas Airways prefers the Airbus A350-1000 to the Boeing 777X to become its Project Sunrise airplane in the future, however the Australian carrier’s executive board has delayed an actual investment decision until…
MilitaryAir Force to Decide Which Satellite to Offer for Test at Defcon Hacker Conference The United States Air Force plans to choose on Dec. 13 which satellite it will offer to a service-selected group of hackers to try to infiltrate at next August's Defcon 2020 conference…
Air TaxiVolocopter Receives First eVTOL Design Organization Approval from EASA Volocopter received Design Organization Approval (DOA) from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), becoming the first aerospace company focused on electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to do so in the process.…
ATM ModernizationMITRE Aviation Lab Looking At What National Airspace System Will Look Like in 2035 Since 1992, MITRE's Integrated Demonstration and Experimentation for Aeronautics (IDEA) Lab in McLean, Va. has worked to test the impact of new technologies for the Federal Aviation Administration, better manage air traffic,…
Business & GAEmbraer Phenom 100 Approved for Prodigy-to-Garmin G1000 NXi Cockpit Upgrade Garmin International has achieved certification of its G1000 NXi integrated flight deck for Embraer Phenom 100 business jets that are equipped with the Prodigy flight deck. Originally targeted for regulatory approval by…