UnmannedWalmart to Expand Drone Delivery to 4 Million U.S. Households in 2022 DroneUp announced this week that its delivery operations with Walmart will expand to 34 sites by the end of the year. The delivery network will include Arizona, Florida, Texas, Utah, and Virginia,…
Air TaxiThe FAA Confirms Changes to Regulatory Approach for Powered-Lift Certification In a statement to Avionics International this week, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that it will be modifying its regulatory approach for certification of powered-lift operations and the pilots that operate these…
Business & GABombardier Keeps Vision Flight Deck in Launch of New Global 8000 Jet Bombardier will feature the latest upgraded version of the Collins Aerospace-supplied Vision flight deck, in the Global 8000 business jet, launched this week at the 2022 European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition…
Electrification and SustainabilityZeroAvia Partners with MHIRJ to Certify Hydrogen-Electric Powertrain for Regional Jets ZeroAvia, a startup developing hydrogen-powered engine technology for commercial aviation, expanded its existing agreement with MHI RJ Aviation Group. Both parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the end of 2021.…
UnmannedWingXpand Debuts Compact Drone Featuring Expandable Wings The drone model from WingXpand, which debuted at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL event in April, features a 7-foot wingspan. The wings are expandable, so the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) can collapse into a…
Business & GAGogo Business Aviation to Launch LEO Broadband Service With OneWeb Network Gogo Business Aviation is launching a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband service for business aviation using the OneWeb network and an antenna designed by Hughes Network Systems. The company said in a Monday announcement this…
Air TaxiOPINION - Electric Aviation: Can Small Electric and Hydrogen Aircraft Usher in its Future? [UPDATED] EDITORIAL NOTE: A previous version of this article featured an incorrect version of the final copy, it has been updated and approved by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The aviation industry and consumers alike…
Business & GAPODCAST: How Cirrus Aircraft Operators are Flying with a New IQ On this episode of the Connected Aviation Intelligence Podcast, we're joined by two guests, including Ivy McIver, a pilot and director of the SR Product Line at Cirrus Aircraft and the company's…
ATM ModernizationFAA, United Airlines, and Sun Country to Keynote Upcoming 2022 Connected Aviation Intelligence Summit The opening keynote speakers for all three days of the upcoming 2022 Connected Aviation Intelligence Summit—jointly presented by Avionics International and sister publication Via Satellite—occurring June 1–3, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency…
CommercialLufthansa Opts for Panasonic Avionics in Boeing 747-8 Cabin IFEC Upgrades Lufthansa is upgrading its Boeing 747-8 fleet with the NEXT in-flight entertainment (IFE) system supplied by Panasonic Avionics, according to a May 19 announcement between the two companies. NEXT is the IFE…