Business & GAAmazon, British Airways Among New Companies Partnering and Investing with ZeroAvia Shortly after British Airways announced a new partnership with hydrogen-powered aircraft startup ZeroAvia, Amazon joined a number of new investors backing their plan to develop a 19-seat zero-emission turboprop by 2023. California-based…
MilitaryDevelopment of Open Mission Systems Computer for U-2 Continues with Latest Kubernetes Demonstration Last month, Lockheed Martin demonstrated distributed processing using Kubernetes aboard the U.S. Air Force U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, as the company continues to develop a U-2 Open Mission Systems (OMS) computer, the company said…
UnmannedHow the Airbus VSR700 Drone is Moving Closer to Autonomously Landing on Navy Ships Global navies are closer to having a tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) with autonomous takeoff and landing (ATOL) approaches after Airbus completed a test for its VSR700 program using its automatic flight…
Embedded AvionicsSOSA Technical Standards Coming in Summer 2021 with New Updates Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) technical standards, a common backbone architecture for sensors on embedded systems, are evolving as the consortium behind their development gets closer to starting its certification process. During…
Air TaxiWhat's Trending in Aerospace - December 13, 2020 Check out the Dec. 13 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines happening across the global aerospace industry. Space ‘Mars, Here…
Business & GAPODCAST: VistaJet COO Talks Latest Connectivity and COVID-19 Updates On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, we feature my question and answer session with Nick Van der Meer, Chief Operating Officer of VistaJet from the recent Connected Aviation Intelligence two-day…
CommercialEvery Airbus Passenger Jet to Receive MH370-Inspired ELTs Beginning in 2023 Airbus has committed to equipping all of its in-production aircraft types with line-fit emergency locator technology (ELT) inspired by a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulatory mandate related to the disappearance…
Air TaxiFirst Military eVTOL Airworthiness Awarded to Joby Aviation Joby Aviation received the first military airworthiness approval for an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle from the AFWERX Agility Prime program, Will Roper, Air Force and Space Force acquisition technology…
Business & GAVistaJet Chief Operating Officer Talks COVID-19 and LuxStream Apps, Deployment Schedule LuxStream, the new in-flight connectivity technology from Collins Aerospace and SES, is scheduled to be installed on up to 45 of the VistaJet in-service aircraft fleet in 2021, the company’s chief operating…
MilitaryAirbus to Lead New Generation Fighter Jet Development in Spain Airbus will lead development in Spain for the New Generation Fighter (NGF) and be the prime contractor in the low observability domain of the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS) Program, according…