Editor's NoteAvionics Upgrades Coming to Citation Latitude and Longitude - May 28, AIN Textron Aviation recently announced the newest enhancements to Garmin’s G5000 avionics are coming to the Cessna Citation Latitude and Longitude aircraft, whereupon it expects to have FAA approval for modifications in 2025…
MilitaryDARPA Selects Six Companies To Continue In Long-Endurance VTOL UAS Program The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) this week said it selected six companies to continue in the risk reduction and component testing phase of its program to develop vertical take-off-and-landing (VTOL)…
AI & AutonomyUSAF and Merlin Labs Explore Autonomous Options for KC-135 Boston-based Merlin Labs, Inc. said on May 30 that it is using data from flights of a KC-135 at MacDill AFB, Fla., “to better understand crew workload drivers and gather data to…
Air TaxiEducating Pilots On eVTOL Air Mobility And This New Generation Of Air Taxis Electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft represent a new era of aviation and with this new era comes a huge demand for uniquely trained professional pilots to safely fly passenger…
Editor's NoteIsrael Aerospace Industries Introduces New Jam Resistant GNSS System: COMPACT ADA - Reduced SWaP for Airborne Tactical Platforms - May 30 Tel Aviv, Israel - Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unveiled Compact ADA, offering reduced Size, Weight and Power (SWaP), an advanced system that protects avionic systems from GNSS jamming. The Compact ADA…
ConnectivitySatixFy and SCOTTY Group Partner to Supply In-Flight Connectivity Terminals - May 22 Rehovot, Israel, May 22, 2024 – SatixFy Communications Ltd. (“SatixFy”) (NYSE American: SATX), a leader in next-generation satellite communication systems based on in-house-developed chipsets, announced a collaboration and the first order of…
Editor's NoteGE Continues Work on XA100 for Future Combat Aircraft - May 8 GE Aerospace has finished a fourth round of testing on the XA100 adaptive cycle engine “to gather additional data and advance this next-generation technology for future combat aircraft.” the company said on…
Air TaxiJoby Progresses to Next Phase of Aircraft Flight Test Program - May 2 Santa Cruz, CA, May 02, 2024 — Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), a company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, today announced it has successfully completed its pre-production prototype flight test…
Editor's NoteTextron Aviation Opens Expanded Parts Distribution Center - May 3, AIN Textron Aviation recently held the grand opening of its expanded global parts distribution center in Wichita, Kansas that adds 180,000 square feet of floor space and new package sorting facilities, AIN reported.…
Air TaxiEve Reports Progress in Building Full-scale eVTOL Prototype - May 10, AIN Eve Air Mobility released images to show progress in building the first full-scale proof-of-concept four-passenger eVTOL aircraft it plans to bring to the market in 2026, AIN reported. The airframe is being…