ConnectivityPODCAST: AirFi CEO Talks Wireless IFEC and Creating Mall in the Sky for Airlines On this episode of the Connected Aviation Intelligence Podcast, Job Heimerikx, CEO and co-founder of AirFi, joins to discuss commercial airline wireless in-flight entertainment and connectivity trends. AirFi, a global supplier of…
Air TaxiJoby Signs Expanded Contract with Department of Defense Joby Aviation recently expanded its existing contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The U.S. Marine Corps now joins the Army, Navy, and Air Force in testing and exploring applications for…
Air TaxiArcher Receives $10M Pre-Delivery Payment from United Airlines for 100 eVTOLs, Shares Q2 Financial Results On August 10, Archer Aviation announced that it received a $10 million pre-delivery payment from United Airlines for 100 of Archer’s production aircraft, an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle. The…
Business & GABusiness and General Aviation Avionics Sales Increased in First Half of 2022, AEA Report Says Global sales of business and general aviation avionics increased by 15.8% to more than $1.3 billion during the first six months of 2022, according to the second quarter report published by the…
ConnectivityIntelsat and OneWeb Partner on LEO/GEO In-Flight Connectivity OneWeb and Intelsat have signed a global distribution agreement to offer a multi-orbit in-flight connectivity (IFC) service combining Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite capacity. The companies announced the agreement Thursday and expect…
CommercialBoeing Can Start Delivering 787 Dreamliners Again Boeing can begin delivering 787s again, 14 months after stopping deliveries of the Dreamliner when manufacturing flaws were discovered on several undelivered models last year. American Airlines received the latest 787-8 to…
Artificial IntelligenceFormer Intel Engineer to Lead Daedalean Launch of US Operations for Autonomous Avionics Daedalean, a Switzerland-based developer of artificial intelligence and machine learning software for avionics systems, has launched its first operations outside of Europe with a new office in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Yemaya Bordain…
Business & GAFototerra Upgrades Embraer EMB-110 Antenna to Improve Airborne Surveillance of Brazilian Coastline Fototerra, the Texas-based special missions fleet operator, is upgrading the antenna featured on its Embraer EMB-110 aircraft that specialize in flying geographic data capture missions for Brazilian oil and gas companies. The…
AI & AutonomyUS Air Force Awards eVTOL Pilot Training Requirements Contract to Aptima This week, it was announced that the U.S. Air Force has awarded a new contract to a company called Aptima. The contract will support development of pilot training specifically for electric vertical…
Air TaxiVertical Aerospace Releases Q2 Financial Results, Plans for Hover Testing Vertical Aerospace, designer and manufacturer of the VX4 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, provided company updates in a letter to shareholders this week, including plans to perform a series of…