Air TaxiAgility Prime Researches Electronic Parachute Powered by Machine Learning The Air Force’s Agility Prime program awarded a phase I small business technology transfer (STTR) research contract to Jump Aero and Caltech to create an electronic parachute powered by machine learning that…
UnmannedZipline Expands into Japan with Toyota Partnership Zipline and Toyota Tsusho, a member of the Toyota Group, have formed a partnership to use drone delivery service to enable healthcare access in communities in Japan, the companies announced recently. Zipline…
ConnectivityJetBlue Brings In-Flight Sports Streaming to London-Bound Airbus A321LRs JetBlue is adding an in-flight live sports streaming platform, Sport 24, to its new fleet of Airbus A321LR aircraft that are on track to begin the New York-based carrier’s first transatlantic flights…
Air TaxiAFWERX Invests in Nap of the Earth Flight with Vy 400 VTOL AFWERX is working with Transcend Air through a new contract that will explore “nap of the Earth” flight, whose flights require the aircraft to fly low and follow the contours of terrain…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - April 4, 2021 Check out the April 4 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
CommercialPODCAST: Georgia Tech Aerosols Researcher Talks In-flight Cabin Air Quality Study On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Sally Ng, associate professor for the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, joins to discuss the results of…
CommercialAlaska Airlines CEO Says Electric Aircraft Necessary for Future Aviation Sustainability Goals Ben Minicucci, who assumed the position of CEO for Alaska Airlines on March 31, says the northwestern carrier has been studying the capabilities of electric-powered aircraft as a way of helping airlines…
Air TaxiAir Force Completes First Military Transport of eVTOL Aircraft Inside C-130 The U.S. Air Force transported an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Springfield, Ohio to Austin, Texas on March 23 and 24 inside an HC-130J Combat King II as a…
Air TaxiWisk Moves Forward with Transport Trial in New Zealand; Adds Insitu Integration Wisk, the company developing the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft Cora, is moving forward with its "Transport Trial" to advance autonomous flight in New Zealand, according to a March 29…