CommercialAirbus Targets 2025 for A350 Freighter Airbus is developing a version of its wide-body A350 aircraft for the commercial air cargo market, according to the half-year results posted by the Toulouse-based manufacturer on July 29. Revenue increased 30…
Air TaxiWill You Be on the First Air Taxi? It’s 2024 and the first air taxi has just received certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) – or both. This new transformative…
Air TaxiJoby Completes Longest eVTOL Test Flight to Date The electric air taxi company Joby Aero completed its longest test flight to date of its full-scale prototype aircraft flying over 150 miles on a single charge of the company’s lithium-ion batteries,…
CommercialBoeing Awaits FAA Decision on Requirements for In-Service 787s Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun told investors Wednesday during the company’s second-quarter earnings call that any decision related to a requirement for in-service 787s to be modified—after a manufacturing flaw was recently discovered…
Air TaxiAir Force Could Be Using Air Taxis in 2023 The U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program has been investing in the development of electric air taxis and could have one of these aircraft in use by 2023, Col. Nathan Diller, AFWERX…
Air TaxiLilium Announces New Partnership to Manufacture Batteries for its eVTOL Aircraft The German electric air taxi company Lilium announced a new partnership with battery manufacturer CUSTOMCELLS to provide batteries for Lilium’s 7-Seater Jet, the company said in a July 28 press release. This…
Business & GAAvidyne Uses Daedalean AI Software in New PilotEye Vision System A new cockpit vision system featuring artificial intelligence-based software from Daedalean, PilotEye, was introduced by Avidyne on July 26, the first day of the 2021 Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) 2021 AirVenture convention…
Air TaxiNASA Awards Electra.aero STTR Contract for eSTOL Aircraft Electra.aero has received a $125,000 small business technology transfer (STTR) contract from NASA to mature its electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft, the company announced in a July 27 press release. …
ConnectivityIcelandair Ready to Activate Viasat In-flight Connectivity on 737 MAX-9s Icelandair is ready to start rolling out Viasat in-flight connectivity (IFC) service across its fleet of 737 MAX-9 aircraft, following a supplemental type certificate (STC) issued by the European Union Aviation Safety…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - July 25, 2021 Check out the July 25 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.…