Air TaxiLilium Completes Second EASA Design Organization Approval Audit Lilium recently announced successful completion of its second Design Organization Approval (DOA) audit by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Lilium is working towards type certification of its electric vertical take-off…
Air TaxiSaudi Arabia’s $100 Billion Investment in Aviation to Enable ATM Upgrades, New Airline and Airspace Entrants RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) committed to investing $100 billion—356 billion SAR—into its aviation sector by 2030 in an effort to upgrade its air traffic infrastructure, launch…
AI & AutonomyEmbraer, Eve, and Daedalean Test Systems for Autonomous Flight Embraer and its subsidiary Eve recently completed a series of flights to test new autonomous system technologies, collecting data via piloted helicopters for Embraer’s Autonomous Systems project (Project EASy). Partners that contributed…
ATM ModernizationBelgian UTM Company Unifly Receives €10M in Investments Unifly, a Belgium-based UTM (unmanned traffic management) system provider, announced last week that they received €10 million in investments from Terra Drone Corporation and Japanese government fund JOIN. Unifly was founded in…
Air TaxiASKA Targets 2026 Commercial Launch of “Drive and Fly” eVTOL The California-based company ASKA is developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft with “drive and fly” capabilities. The team expects to have a full-scale demonstrator ready to begin flight testing…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon Partners with Universities to Develop Skyler Radar Raytheon Intelligence & Space is collaborating with multiple universities to conduct research related to drone traffic management and to further develop its weather-sensing Skyler radar technology. Mike Dubois, technical program manager for…
Business & GAStakeholders Urge Congress to Pass Sustainable Skies Act On April 22, the National Business Aviation Association, along with about 80 stakeholders in the aviation industry, put forth a letter asking Congress to pass the Sustainable Skies Act. This legislation includes…
Business & GAGulfstream Adjusting to New Software Validation Certification Process on G700 General Dynamics Chairman and CEO Phebe Novakovic told investors and analysts during an earnings call last week that the company's efforts to obtain type certification on the Gulfstream G700 in preparation could…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Touts B-21 Benefit In First Quarter; Income, Sales Slip Northrop Grumman on Thursday posted first quarter results that included a boost from its ongoing development work on the Air Force’s B-21 next-generation stealth bomber. The $67 million benefit on the B-21…
CommercialQantas Commits to New Airbus Fleet Order for Project Sunrise, Boeing 737 Replacement Qantas has confirmed a new order with Airbus that will introduce 12 A350-1000 Project Sunrise aircraft into its fleet, along with 40 new A220-300s and A321XLRs that will replace aging 737 and…