CommercialEurazeo Completes Sale of Orolia to Safran Safran Electronics & Defense announced its acquisition of Orolia, the Paris-based supplier of position, navigation, and timing (PNT) electronics from global investment firm Eurazeo. The sale of Orolia to Safran generated "cash…
CommercialAurora to Design New Motherships for Virgin Galactic Space Flights Aurora Flight Sciences has reached a new agreement with Virgin Galactic that will see the Virginia-based Boeing subsidiary become a partner in the design and manufacturing of Virgin's next generation motherships. Virgin…
AI & AutonomyIris Automation and Sagetech Avionics Combine Technology to Enable Collision Avoidance for Drones A pioneer of collision avoidance technology, Iris Automation has just announced a partnership with Sagetech Avionics that will offer uncrewed aircraft a comprehensive air risk mitigation solution. Sagetech specializes in developing avionics…
Air TaxiEASA Proposes New Regulatory Framework for Air Taxi Operations The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) proposed a comprehensive new regulatory framework for operating air taxis in cities. Manufacturers of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft have worked with EASA in…
Air TaxiAustralia's CASA Publishes New Regulatory Roadmap for Advanced Air Mobility This week, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) announced the launch of a regulatory roadmap that describes its approach to ensuring safety for drones and other components of the advanced air mobility…
Business & GAGulfstream Completes First Flight of New G800 Gulfstream’s new G800 business jet completed its first flight at the company’s Savannah headquarters on Wednesday, launching the flight testing campaign for what will become the longest-range aircraft in the company's history.…
Embedded AvionicsOPINION: Why Mission Critical Systems are Needed to Achieve Safety in Urban Air Mobility Artificial Intelligence (AI) is such a hot term and there’s strong interest in AI, with Gartner’s recent study finding 48% of enterprise CIOs have already deployed or plan to deploy AI…
CommercialEurocontrol Explains Why 5G Radio Altimeter Interference Risk is Lower in Europe Than US The latest edition of Eurocontrol's "Think Paper" series concludes that the risk of 5G C-band wireless network deployment in Europe having an impact on aircraft radio altimeter (RADALT) performance in European airspace…
MilitaryUS Air Force Picks LIFT Airborne Technologies’ Helmet for Fixed Wing Aircraft The U.S. Air Force has picked California-based LIFT Airborne Technologies‘ AV 2.2 helmet to serve as the Next Generation Fixed Wing helmet. LIFT Technologies’ offering was competing in the prototype phase against two…