Air TaxiJaunt Air Mobility and Avports Partner to Advance eVTOL Integration Avports and Jaunt Air Mobility recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to coordinate in the integration of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft into the aviation ecosystem. Avports joined Jaunt’s…
CommercialIndiGo to Upgrade A320neo Fleet with RNP AR IndiGo, India's largest airline, is adding Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required (RNP AR) upgrades to some of its A320neo aircraft. NavBlue, an Airbus Services company that supplies flight operations and air…
RegulationNAV Canada to Implement New ADS-B Airspace Mandate in 2023 Canadian air navigation service provider (ANSP) NAV Canada will require aircraft operators flying in Class A and B airspace to meet their new meet Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) Out performance…
Air TaxiJoby’s New ANA, SK Telecom Partnerships Will Introduce Air Taxis in Japan and South Korea This week, Joby Aviation and ANA HOLDINGS—parent company of All Nippon Airways (ANA)—announced their joint efforts to establish aerial ridesharing services in Japan. The collaboration includes infrastructure development, air traffic management, pilot…
CommercialBoeing Reports Record $2 Billion in Online Sales of Aircraft Parts Boeing achieved an annual record for e-commerce sales of aircraft parts in 2021, the company reported on Monday. According to a Feb. 14 press release, Boeing Distribution Inc. sold close to 70,000…
AI & AutonomyVerizon 5G Enables Near-Real-Time Object Detection for Drones A collaboration between Easy Aerial, Verizon, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) has demonstrated the use of Verizon 5G Edge and AWS Wavelength to enable near-real-time object detection for drones. The Easy Guard…
Air TaxiACG Provides Up To $1B in Financing For Volocopter Customers ACG (Aviation Capital Group) has agreed to coordinate with urban air mobility (UAM) company Volocopter to develop financing solutions to enable Volocopter’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) sales once its aircraft…
Air TaxiAgility Prime Awards Phase III Contract to eSTOL Company Electra Next generation aerospace company Electra.aero was awarded a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The contract will support the continued development of Electra’s eSTOL…
UnmannedWingcopter to Provide Cargo Drones for Delivery Operations in Peru Wingcopter, a German drone manufacturer, has partnered with UAV del Peru (a subsidiary of Latin American holding UAV LATAM) to provide and deploy its cargo drones for delivery operations in Peru. UAV…
Electrification and SustainabilityBoeing Purchases 2 Million Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Boeing signed a supply agreement with EPIC Fuels for 2 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the largest purchase of SAF from an airframer to date. The fuel blend—30% SAF, 70%…