Business & GAAmpaire’s Bet on the Hybrid-Electric Near-Future With companies pouring hundreds of millions into years-long electric aviation development programs, Ampaire believes its step-by-step hybrid-electric approach will address both high operating costs and the environmental impact of aviation, while paving…
RegulationAirports Need Guidance On Counter UAS and Detection Technologies, Report Says Federal guidance that leaves airports to essentially figure out on their own the legality and effectiveness of technologies to detect small drones in their airspace is insufficient and instead the government needs…
ConnectivityCompendium of Avionics Memory Characteristics for Forensic Purposes Transportation accident scenes are a mess. When field investigators arrive on scene they may be faced with an array of issues including dangerously bent metal, human remains, uncooperative weather and other challenging…
ConnectivityBehind the Screens: Developing Flight Controls for Bell’s Nexus Air Taxi Designing flight controls for a new helicopter usually begins with the traditional layout of a collective lever to the left, cyclic between the pilot’s legs and two rudder pedals on the floor.…
CommercialGCAS 2019: Airlines Navigate Connected Business Models, Apps and Services In 2019, in-flight (IFC) connectivity technology is at a generational standstill, leaving airlines and the service providers and equipment suppliers they work with to optimize the business models, data transmissions and performance…
ConnectivityCan Virtualization Help Future-Proof the Next Generation of Avionics Systems? Aerospace systems integrators and manufacturers are looking to use future-proofing concepts such as virtualization to build more flexibility into aircraft systems architectures. Engineering leadership from three companies — Core Avionics, Wind River,…
ConnectivityConnected Cockpit Applications Expand This year, Avionics International and Via Satellite hosted the sixth annual Global Connected Aircraft Summit, and one of the topics that continuously gets the most audience engagement and remains an elusive, but…
UnmannedLt. Governor Seeks Lead Role For North Carolina in Air Taxi Industry The lieutenant governor of North Carolina is requesting funds to study how his state can become a key destination for the emerging urban air mobility (UAM) industry. The budget proposal put forth…